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Good luck, Nick’s Dad!

2:51 pm on 7.29.2008 General

Please think happy thoughts for Nick’s Dad as he goes into round two with surgery.

Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is the bomb

2:36 pm Geek Stuff, Software , , ,

Not in that hip, groovy, cool way. Since I’ve installed it, Outlook 2007 is hanging and I can’t make changes to the search configuration. I’ve even gone into Outlook and disabled any add-ins that could be conflicting, but WDS continues to choke.
I’ve been limping along with Lookout because it beats the pants off of [...]

Tech Tip: Wireless access point placement

9:40 pm on 7.28.2008 Geek Stuff

Fluorescent light bulbs can interfere with home wireless access point.
Been fighting network interference for weeks because of this.

Going to Gnomedex 8

3:53 pm Geek Stuff

I just registered for Gnomedex 8. This will be the third year in a row for me. I blame Nick for getting me hooked.

Happy USS Florida Day

3:52 pm General

Not officially, of course. But the hull number of my submarine, the USS Florida, was SSBN 728, and because of the way my brain is wired, whenever I see the date, 7/28, it makes me think of that.
A few years ago, the Florida was converted to an SSGN which means they removed the Trident missile [...]