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Of Grasshoppers July 17, 2006 4:29 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy , add a comment

Student: I’ve made a terrible mess of things.
Master: Sometimes you have to mess-up to cleanup.

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Typing those international characters in windows July 17, 2006 8:53 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology , add a comment

Since I sometimes invoice and quote in GBP, I find myself searching for the £ in a document so I can cut and paste it. No more! These fine instructions explain how to turn your standard US keyboard into a US-International keyboard. I’m also installing the US-Dvorak keyboard for fun.

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Cat cam up July 17, 2006 8:33 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , add a comment

For those reading on RSS, you are missing the desk cat cam. She has pretty consistently taken to sleeping just to my left so you can usually catch her on the cam.

See filmstrip.

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Things I do July 17, 2006 7:19 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , 1 comment so far

I get "whatever Doug does" a lot. I am that computer mystic. To my children, I "fix computers" although I think they are beginning to come around to "he makes web pages."

This morning, I configured a server located either in the United Kingdom or New York (I really don’t know where it physically sits) to no longer send email through a Linux server in Holland but instead to securely send email through a Windows server located somewhere else. I did this without leaving my basement and without physically laying hands on the servers. They are well secured against intrusion by spammers or denial of service attacks. My client is in London. I woke at 3am to be on their time. I invoice them electronically and they pay through Paypal. People in Knoxville will never see me working with my clients and assume I do nothing.

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Today’s Woot! New Roomba sage for $149 July 17, 2006 6:00 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Of Interest , add a comment

Today Woot! has the Roomba Sage (the one we have and LOVE) for $149. Great price. The killer part of today’s Woot is that you have a 1 in 10 chance of doubling your order. That means if you order 1 you could end up receiving 2. If you order 3, you could end up receiving 6!. See more details in the woot blog and woot discussions.

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Adding a definition of marriage to the state constitution is stupid July 17, 2006 3:47 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Local Politics, Politics, Touchy Subjects , 3comments

For those of you about to vote to add the definition of marriage as "a man and a woman" should look at these other marriage situations from culture and history.

As you vote about making changes to your state’s constitution, you should consider the definition of constitution:

constitution - The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution.

Having considered the definition, ask yourself does defining marriage within the constitution have anything whatsoever to do with the "nature, function or limits" of our government? Of course not! It has to do with trying to force your moral beliefs on others. Government has no business trying to legislate morals! As you place your vote, recognize that your decisions today determine the future of our country. Are you making decisions that keep this country a free, democratic society or are you making decisions that move us toward an autocratic, Orwellian society?

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