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{ Monthly Archives } November 2005

Foibles of a One Person IT Shop

When I took my new job, I realized that I was taking a new and different challenge on. As I was going to be the only IT person on staff I would be besieged with numerous minor technical requests. My prediction was correct, and for about the first month I had a variety [...]

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2005 11 30 JJT Uncategorized Comments (6)

Morning Laziness

I was up early this morning to get ready to hit the gym, but the comfortable confines of my pillow foiled my attempt to be healthy. As such, I was in the office early this morning so that I can hit the gym this evening at a respectable hour.
Getting in early “forced” [...]

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Insecurities from Galaxies Far, Far, Away

In addition to the latest Sober worm variant that is making its way through the Internets, I saw that another nasty called Mitglieder.GB was also making the rounds. As long as you are running the latest and greatest virus definitions for your antivirus software, you are protected. My sysadmin shui has been sufficiently [...]

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2005 11 29 JJT Uncategorized Comments (2)

Blown Save

I was a little bit dismayed when my grandfather mentioned this to me on Saturday morning over breakfast. Now, it has been solidified: SI.com - MLB - Ryan signs record contract with Blue Jays.
I know the Orioles low-balled him on their initial offer, and the Jays have lots of money to spend [...]

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Geek Goods

I have found the perfect belated birthday/early Christmas gift to give myself: the Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW 20.1-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor. I can just picture this on my desk at home now, and I could say goodbye to the desktop-hogging 19″ Dell CRT monitor I have now. Mmmmmmm………..wide-screen flat panel……..
I have [...]

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