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Recipe: Pumpkin Bisque 6

Recipe: Pumpkin Bisque

I'm a pretty good pantry scavenger when our fridge is running a bit low on fresh ingredients. We pretty much hit that point with no milk, eggs or bread in the fridge and a...

On Mythical Functionality 1

On Mythical Functionality

I had the following conversation with a co-worker today: Co-worker: Hey, uh…do you guys have a magical utility that emails reports? Something we don't know about? Me: Yes. It also ejects Pop Tarts from...

Dear Comcast, Please jump in a lake and die. 8

Dear Comcast, Please jump in a lake and die.

Shauna and I decided that we wanted to watch a streaming movie from Netflix tonight and found a title that seemed pretty interesting. I went ahead and loaded it up only to be met...

Shopping For a New Phone Company 3

Shopping For a New Phone Company

Aside from some isolated issues, I've been pretty happy with my phone service from Vonage over the last four and a half years. The call quality is good, the price is excellent and they...

Why the Website Was Gone All Day Long 4

Why the Website Was Gone All Day Long

The short version is that the hosting company had a problem that caused the webserver part to barf. If you want to read the long version, click through to the rest of the story.

An Open Break-Up Letter to Bloglines 6

An Open Break-Up Letter to Bloglines

Dear Bloglines, I've been using your product ever since I figured out that clicking on the list of blogs from my blogroll or keeping a list of bookmarks would simply be too much. And...