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Dell retires everything useful.

posted Friday, December 1st, 2006

I need to replace the server that we have here in the office that runs our voicemail, so I emailed my Dell rep to get a quote. I had two requirements for the system:

It had to be dual homed
It had to have at least two free PCI slots

And guess what? Dell has already [...]

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… I almost forgot.

posted Friday, December 1st, 2006

This morning, Laura called me to let me know that the power went out at the house, and it killed our Airport Express. Now we no longer have any wireless Internet, nor AirTunes to listen to our music collection through the home theater.
Replacement cost: $120
What a week!

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Pet Peeve #5936

posted Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Could someone please help me explain to Netflix that “Independent” and “Foreign” are NOT genres?
Neither production nor country of origin has anything to do with narrative.
Thank you.

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What?!

posted Thursday, September 7th, 2006

They’ve got to be kidding me.
This is the rare movie that appears to achieve all of its goals instantly and honorably, never going for the cheap trick or the obvious element. It is so expertly constructed, so flawlessly built out of facets we recognize from all over the genre map, that when they finally come [...]

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Scam me, eh?

posted Monday, June 26th, 2006

Alright, so the Xbox is back up for grabs. If you’re going to try and scam me, at least run your “payment notification” email through a spell checker.

The package to be delivered to you contains a Money Order SM and a card with a DILVERY TAG please make sure you check for this card [...]

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