Technology
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Cave Markings
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Southern Ohio User Group Tour #
This week, I'll be traveling around Southern/Central Ohio giving talks at User Groups and at least one corporate office. The schedule is: Tuesday, March 24th 6:00 pm Cincinnati .NET Users Group location Wednesday, March 25th 6:00 pm Dayton .NET Developers Group location Thursday, March 26th 6:00 pm Central Ohio .NET ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Would you like to join me for dinner? #
Next Monday, October 5, 2009 at 6:00pm, I'll be enjoying some pizza and a couple of pints at The Pizza Kitchen and I'd love your company. I can promise you’ll experience friendly service, tasty pizza and a funky atmosphere full of Elvis memorabilia. The reason for my friendly invitation is ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Coding In Public Slides and Video #
The Ohio user group tour last week was a success from my perspective. I had a blast sharing some ideas and talking to friends. The feedback that I received was very positive as well. I put the slides on SlideShare here. Coding In Public View more presentations from alanstevens. I am ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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The Cheese is Moving (Yet Again) #
I enjoyed the little fable of Who Moved My Cheese when I read it years ago. While I didn’t find it new or life changing, I liked the message that we should always be ready for new things. Even though I no longer eat cheese (I went vegan this year), ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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CodeStock, CodeStock… CODESTOCK!! #
For those not in the know, CodeStock is an awesome developer event coming up June 26 & 27 in Knoxville, TN. Michael Neel and his crew of dedicated volunteers have outdone themselves in planning two days of fantastic content across a spectrum of languages and technologies. My small contribution to ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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CodeStock -- local developers unite #
The East Tennessee .Net Users Group is hoping to attract developers and IT folks from around the region to an event it's calling CodeStock that starts at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Pellissippi State Technical Community College and will feature the gamut of latest and greatest developments in programming and IT. ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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TVA drawing down water on lakes #
To keep cool water flowing for habitat needs and power plants further downstream, TVA has increased the flow through Chickamauga Dam from 13,000 cubic feet per second to 25,000 cubic feet per second. The increased flows will continue continue at this rate until an unrestricted drawdown begins after Labor Day, ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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Thoughts on Bellefonte #
It was a long hearing Wednesday, punctuated by references to regulations (or, rather, "regs" to the initiated) and a slew of acronyms I'm still learning. A few observations that didn't make it into today's story: There was a good deal of banter over whether or not the anti-nuke groups challenging ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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Tug-o-war over Bellefonte #
Three groups sparred over a ream of issues related to the construction and start-up of two new reactors at TVA's Bellefonte site. About eight hours of arguments in front of three Atomic Safety Licensing Board judges on issues from the very broad to the mundane are boiled down in a ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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FCC to punish Comcast #
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-to-2 yesterday in favor of punishing Comcast for blocking its customers' ability to use a file sharing program that allows the exchange of large amounts of data. A final vote won't be taken until Aug. 1. Here's the story from AP:
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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StumbleUpon #
I have a feed that aggregates my tumblr and Posterous feeds. http://pipes.yahoo.com/raddevon/radmicro If you like this post, help spread it!
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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StumbleUpon #
This usually only happens when I’m really tired and late at night. Sometimes the realization hits me that, someday, I will stop existing and will never exist as I have up to now. It’s scary as hell especially considering I have existed as long as I remember! If you like ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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StumbleUpon #
Start a video podcast Video has been hot online for a few years now. Broadband has become more widely available and YouTube gave us a simple channel for distributing our videos. However, in the past year, a number of video cameras have been introduced that cater to a new generation ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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StumbleUpon #
Google Reader is a fantastic app. It is the perfect way to wrangle all those cool web sites your following into one easy location. I am able to take in far more information much more quickly and efficiently than I could by visiting each individual site. Google Reader also offers ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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StumbleUpon #
I don’t have a lot of music in iTunes, but a lot of the music I have is not the easiest to automate lyrics downloads. There are a number of one-step automated solutions, but unless your collection is limited to Justin Timberlake, The Beatles, and Madonna, you may have trouble ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Reality Me
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Doug’s Mantras #
You have two ears and one mouth so that you can listen twice as much as you talk.
Posted: July 29, 2010 at 9:31 a.m.
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Kindle – Killing paper books forever #
I’ve declared for some time now that we are in the midst of a revolution and no one realizes it. That revolution is the death of books. Much like CDs replaced LP records in the early 80s, we will look back at this time and say that in the 2010s ...
Posted: July 29, 2010 at 7:30 a.m.
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Hello hello #
Is there anybody out there?
Posted: July 26, 2010 at 9:31 p.m.
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Task at hand #
I am going to do all that I can and nothing more And in the end, all will be done the best that I know how.
Posted: July 25, 2010 at 9 p.m.
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The Fixer #
Is it normal to spend so much time fixing things? I thought life was to be enjoyed; apparently, life is to be repaired.
Posted: July 24, 2010 at 9:31 a.m.
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techBlogogy
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Verizon will struggle with the iPhone #
It seems natural to think that with the release of the iPhone on Verizon, its market share will go through the roof and AT&T will fade away as soon as users can get out of their contracts. After all, Verizon’s network has more coverage, and the iPhone is the only ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Three things to learn from cable outages #
An outage yesterday from one of the nation’s largest cable providers had a lot of folks hurting. Voice and data went down, so hoards of people were disconnected and businesses were literally dead in the water. Web users aren’t unfamiliar with outages; they happen. YouTube, Wikipedia, and Facebook have all ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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So what is the cloud? #
By now, most of us have heard of cloud computing. Talk about a buzzword – it’s easy to get caught up in the term and not know what it actually does. Is there any clarity about what cloud computing is? Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and countless others offer the cloud with ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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New Facebook Scam Steals Passwords #
There is a new email scam going around, supposing to be from the Facebook Support Team, which attempts to steal your passwords.
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Netbooks vs. Notebooks: What’s the deal? #
It seems I get asked at least once a month if I think someone should buy a netbook, or a notebook… and to be honest, I’m always hesitant to answer that question because I’ve never had the chance to really put one through the paces. So who should consider a ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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We Are Not A Mused
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The Rocky Road to Dual 24 Inch Monitors #
Over the years, I gain more and more appreciation for packaged computer workstations. You know, the kind you can get from major manufacturers like HP or Dell. My last workstation was purchased from iBuypower nearly two years ago. The “Blue Monster” or “Blue Magoo” (depending on how it behaves) was ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Ning Engineers Know Nothing of MetaWeblog API #
I have to wonder at this point how deep their standards support is. I see a lot of information on OpenSocial and developing widgets for their social networking service, perhaps someone with direct knowledge and experience can comment here. I certainly hope that the Ning folks appreciate the difference between ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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It’s the Outlook, Stupid #
Today I encountered a stupid limitation of Microsoft Outlook. It is so stupid that I still wonder if it just has some hidden way to trigger the super-secret feature, the one that addresses the most common frustration we all must have with this do-all widget of a program that combines ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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The Curious Case of Following and Friending Confusion #
Confession: I am a Twitter addict. I write pithy notes about tech, the stock market, aviation, or whatever. Follow me at http://twitter.com/waltal if you dare. Previous to my Twitter addiction, I was a fairly regular blogger. While blogging can be an addiction, those addicts requiring quick satisfaction and a more ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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Microsoft XBOX 360 Repairs – Easy, Quick, and Cheap #
I reported on December 31, 2008 that one of our XBOX 360s crashed hard, displaying the Red Ring of Death indication. I am happy to report that the entire repair process went very well. Microsoft has a special set of Web pages that allow you to ship your XBOX 360 ...
Posted: July 11, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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