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WordPress Upgraded to 2.7.1
Finally getting around to updating WordPress again. I was waaaay behind the times. After messing around with the new admin interface (not that many changes on the end user side that I’ve noticed.) I have to admit that I should have upgraded sooner. Oh well, such is life. I also got around to turning on…
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Let it snow!
After waking up to 8″ of snow this morning, I wasn’t looking forward to hours of back breaking labor clearing the driveway. so, I looked around at snowblowers at Home Depot, Loews, and Sears websites for any good deals. Ugh, we don’t happen to have a spare $600 laying around (not interested in an electric…
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The Joys of Home Ownership
Part 1 – Garage Door Opener Finally finished up the garage door opener project. My buddy Cha graciously gave up a good chuck of his last Saturday morning rewriting the garage to add a new outlet to the ceiling. This Saturday, the garage door guy showed up. He quickly surveyed the situation and said…
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Flying Cats?
Well, nearly. Friday morning, I thought I heard a crash around 3:45 am. Its a pretty common occurrence with our 2 kitties. At 4:40 the alarm went off as usual and after shaking out some cobwebs, I heard the distinctive sound of cat having way too much with a toy. I figured they’d snuck one…
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VW Eco Performance CC Concept
Interesting, VW is making pondering a new performance version of the CC (via). The enhancement is via a new 3 stage turbo that lets you dial in your fuel economy versus performance; nifty idea. On the low end, Eco Mode gives you 222Hp at 33/27 MPG. On the high end, Full Power Mode, gets you…
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Legal Music on the Cheap
I always said I’d buy a lot more music if it were priced more reasonably. Well, I just put my money where my mouth is. Recently I stumbled on the fact that Amazon MP3 announces super duper deals on their Twitter feed. I’ve been meaning to try them out for a while, but today’s $1.99…