Author Archives: Seth

Amusing voicemail transcription

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Seth

Received this transcription from my Vonage voicemail. All you need to know is in the first six words. “Hi this is Ben lying candidate for United States Congress running against the liberal Democrat and incumbent Bruce Braley. I’m hosting a … Continue reading →

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Upgraded to WordPress 3.0

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Seth

WordPress 3.0 was just released, and I just upgraded this blog to it. You can learn more about the features here:

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Roger Ebert

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Seth

First, let me say, if you haven’t read the piece on Roger Ebert in the new issue of Esquire, go here and do that first. Second, if you have an RSS reader, subscribe to his blog here. His recent entries … Continue reading →

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High CPU load on domain controllers caused by imaging clients

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Seth

Here’s an interesting issue we’ve encountered at work.  This also demonstrates how useful Cacti can be in graphing what’s going on in your server environment.  Even if you don’t have alerting, simply graphing what your “normal” usage is can alert … Continue reading →

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Installing BlackBerry OS 5 on Sprint Blackberry 8330

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Seth

I took the plunge earlier this week and installed the new BlackBerry operating system on my Sprint BlackBerry 8330 phone.  I’ve had really good luck with it, it’s been stable, and the improvements to the browser and messaging portions of … Continue reading →

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Jungle Disk

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Seth

I installed Jungle Disk on my home PC last night to use for backing up my personal data. I’ve been using Mozy for the last year, and was pretty happy with it, but since I don’t back up a ton … Continue reading →

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reCAPTCHA

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Seth

I’ve updated some of the software that drives this blog, so you can now post a comment without creating a username, as long as you solve the reCAPTCHA to post it. If you get one that you can’t decipher, click … Continue reading →

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Christmas lists

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Seth

For anyone wishing to buy us Christmas presents (and/or birthday presents, in the case of Holly), our lists are now online here.

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That New Battery Smell

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Seth

I got a new battery for my 15″ MacBook Pro today. My computer is nearly two years old, and I was sad to give up my beloved 12″ PowerBook at the time I got it, but I really love it … Continue reading →

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WGN HD on CFU Channel 404

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Seth

I noticed tonight that WGN is now live in HD on channel 404 on CFU cable. TiVo doesn’t have guide data yet for what programs are on, but the channel is live…

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