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The Stupid is Off the Charts!

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:27:07 -0400

I find it astounding that anyone in this age of easily accessible information can be so completely ignorant and distorted on such basic facts and knowledge of the very topic that they marched across the country to protest against. This is nothing ...

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Quake Live on Mac and Linux

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:19:09 -0400

True to their word, id Software has updated Quake Live to support Mac and Linux users so those left out can now frag their Windows brethren. That said, there still seems to be some kinks to work out, seems like the plugin will only install for Saf...

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Microsoft Sneaks in Firefox Extension = Massive Fail!

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:14:15 -0400

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 update, pushed through the Windows Update service to all recent editions of Windows in February 2009, installs the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant Firefox extension without asking your permission...

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Breaking Up By Email

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:46:27 -0400

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I Hate Nero

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:19:14 -0400

I thought I should upgrade my disc burning software, so I tried to install Nero 9. Nero used to be the de facto disc burning software. Oh my, how it has fallen. It's full of useless bloat which I thankfully chose not to install (I unselected abou...

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Error message WTF?

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:08:08 -0400

WTF am I supposed to click on?

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Shure SE310 Headphone Mod

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:21:34 -0500

I'm a little tired of headphones breaking. With daily use and sitting in pockets, the constant cable flexing and reaction with skin oils, it all attributes to broken cables. I owned a pair of Shure E2C headphones which broke sometime last year due...

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CMS Makes My Head Hurt

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:20:19 -0500

There are a million and one CMS packages out there, but I decided to test out some of the more well known and open source ones. This brings down the list to a (hopefully) manageable four platforms which I've installed and am currently testing: M...

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Software Fun

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:26:48 -0500

Set up Synergy for some cross platform Keyboard/Mouse sharing so I have the iMac sitting next to my two other panels. I don't know how I ever survived without Evernote, I used to dump a bunch of files to my desktop, random stuff gathered mostly f...

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New Holds

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:38:54 -0500

New hangout coming to Toronto soon. Boulderz Climbing Centre opening sometime this month. Ceilings don't look as high as Rock Oasis, but should be a nice alternative for something different. CrankJam.com is in public beta, it's a rock climber's s...

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