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Twitter’s Failure and FriendFeed’s Shortcomings

Various bloggerati are up in arms about the ongoing instability of Twitter.  Information is slightly better than it has been before as the technical folks are communicating the status and their ongoing work to resolve the problems.  Various Twitter clients fail to work, and in some cases the site is completely unreachable.  The FailWhale image [...]

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My Boredom with the Continuing Dixon Investigation

In what has been no terrible surprise to me, the investigation into alleged improprieties during Sheila Dixon’s time as President of the Baltimore City Council continues.  You will not count me among one of Sheila Dixon’s vociferous supporters.  As a matter of fact, I can potentially look into getting a bumper sticker that would say:
“Don’t [...]

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Tool Time: Upgrades at Home

I had originally planned to visit my family in Ocean Pines this weekend, but I figured I will make an overnight trip late next week just before the 4th of July holiday.  Besides, I slept in and woke up later than I would have liked to make the drive down and avoid weekend traffic.
Thus, I [...]

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My Nephew: Completing 11th Grade

My nephew IM’d me the other day to ask about a “reward” for his completion of the 11th grade.  I am obviously quite proud of him, but I have to admit I liked his request of a reward for his completing this year in school.  Hell, even I was never that brazen when I was [...]

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Bits and Pieces of Work

Being a contractor, I forgot about the magic of expensing things.  I can do that now as an employee, and it is nice.  While I am not going to go “hog wild,” I really forgot how this basic thing is quite nice.
Getting access to places and applications is a fairly easy process, but I miss [...]

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