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Movie

I don’t know how long this one will last so enjoy it while you can. Entire text reproduced below:

‘Harry Potter’ Loses Potency Atop U.S. Box Office

Sunday June 13 2:23 PM ET

Harry Potter as a devout high-schooler who gets pregnant following an unsuccessful attempt to cure her boyfriend of homosexuality, has earned $3.7 million to date. The $5 million film was released by United Artists, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

I found it! Reuters feed Read the first and last paragraph. The Yahoo page either messed up on the feed or a disgruntled or soon to be fired employee was having some fun.
Seems to have gotten a lot of press!

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Post written in India.


This picture was taken by a friend of mine so I know for a fact that it was not photochopped.  The story:

While checking out of Walgreens with her toddler the cashier gives her one of those small flags (presumably since July 4th approaches). The “MADE IN CHINA” sticker just could not be ignored!

(click picture for a larger view)Posted by Hello

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Brains! Brains!

I put that adorable picture of Amy up to replace my psycho looking profile picture but in that scaled down version I can’t help but look at it and have it scream “brains! brains!” at me. Time for a new picture.

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Grass grows fast in manure! I like this picture of…


Grass grows fast in manure! I like this picture of the grass and weed. I say weed instead of weeds because my blog is already attracting the drug culture with references to tetrafluoroethane huffing and canned air. I figure if I mention weed and grass then ‘shrooms from the horse dung (better say mushroom too) that I’ll really pull in the curious person looking to melt their mind. Of course, after reading my blog they have have the effect they wanted without the expense! Hope your day is as trippin’ as mine! Posted by Hello

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MS Patents Your Body!

Microsoft has been awarded a patent for using human skin as a power conduit and data bus. Patent No. 6,754,472, …

For example, a watch, pager, PDA and radio may all include a speaker.” To reduce the redundancy of input/output devices, Microsoft’s patent proposes a personal area network that allows a single data input or output device to be used by multiple portable devices.

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Networking

Got client’s networking issue resolved over the phone! I had set a gateway on the nics and once removed they worked again. Win2000 has a problem with losing the USB devices and I may need to update some files later but hopefully they will be up and trouble free for awhile.

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AT&T can’t compete.

The company said it would no longer offer the services, as a bundle or individually, to new customers in Ohio, Missouri, Washington, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Hampshire, where almost 38 million Americans live.
That’s AT&T. My long distance carrier for 10 years+ I suppose that means for existing customers the rates will go up or stay the same but in no way be competitive. Time to find new LD.
“The ability to bundle local and long-distance services has become an essential aspect of competition in the long-distance market,” said AT&T spokeswoman Claudia Jones. “AT&T and other competitors will not be able to effectively compete in the residential long-distance market without a viable local product.”

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Hydrogen Cars are here now!

Environmentalist standup! Hydrogen Cars

If you can’t wait five, 10 or 20 years for the much-touted “hydrogen economy,” then step right up: Several companies are ready to sell you vehicles that run on the fuel that’s much cleaner and gets higher mileage than gasoline or diesel.
There is a Hydrogen Hummer and a Hydrogen Shelby Cobra!

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Goals

a) finish fixing client’s network issue DONE

b) update monster.com DONE

c) pay cable DONE

d) email “barter” prospect DONE

e) hand deliver ovedue paywork to GirlScouts for Sarah’s upcoming camp DONE

f) cook dinner DONE

That’s it. I’ll add other goals after completely those. The wants are:

1) program on TennesseeLotteryResults.com

2) work on DomesticPsychology.com

3) clean in office

4) have money poor pour into my lap (translation: do some good work and be paid appropriately and appreciated for the work)

5) work on finances

6) take the kayak out one last time before selling it

7) work on the yard

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Today

This Morning

Woke at 3:40, 5, 6 and got up at 6:30. Must focus on solving the client’s network issue. The wireless network was performing too slowly or cutting out when they were trying to share files on a particular accounting package so we kept the wireless network up for their internet connectivity and used the nics and a hub to connect the machines directly. I would have preferred to use a crossover cable but didn’t have my crimping tools with me. Note to self: add network toolkit to computer doctor bag. The issue now is that the two machine talk over the nics (metric 1) but as long as the nics are enabled they won’t use the wireless for the internet connection (metric 5) Obviously the computers are seeking the Internet on the wrong network. nics are on subnet 255.255.255.224 and wireless on subnet 255.255.255.0. Wonder where my DNS and Bind book is?

Yesterday

It was very difficult to not fall into “poor me” mode but the preacher’s words on worry kept me positive and despite the stresses I made it through. Yesterday morning I parked in the parking garage instead of the lot because the sign on the parking garage implied cheaper parking and it looked like rain. Turns out it was valet parking. Cars pulled in behind me and I let it go but something felt wrong. Walked half way to my destination to realize I left them my entire key chain which has one of those tiny credit cards hanging off of it. Ran back and got them to give me everything but the ignition key. Left for the office without my umbrella and decided not to go back for it. In the office 1.5 hours of work turned into 4 hours without the proper finish. When I return to the parking garage they don’t have change for my $20 bill and it takes what seems like 1/2 hour for them to run around to businesses and banks trying to get change.

At least afterwards I had a nice lunch with the father in law and was able to get his computer to print his expense reports.