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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:44 AM

Fortune’s Formula

Started reading a great book that I got from the public library: Fortune’s Formula by William Poundstone. A great story of how mathematics and some of the greatest thinkers of all time got involved with gambling and eventually the stock market. Part of
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:21 PM

Testing AllYouCanUpload Picture Hosting

Testing picture hosting by All You Can Upload: Note: There seems to be some problem with the hosting provider and Word 2007 seems to strip the image out…
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:55 AM

Trying the Other Search Engines

I have decided not to use Google as my default search engine anymore. I am trying alternatives such as Clusty and Ask. I wish that I could use MSN Search more often, but the results are still not where I want them Oh well. I think I have become too reliant
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Monday, May 29, 2006 4:38 PM

Blockbuster Game Pass Rocks!

I love the Game Pass from Blockbuster. I took Tomb Raider: Legends back yesterday and picked up Quake 4. I figured I could always rent Tomb Raider again and I was in the mood for a nice straight forward action game. Quake 4 certainly does deliver action.
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Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:38 AM

Stuck in Tomb Raider: Legends

Been playing Tomb Raider: Legends, but am not stuck on the boss of the King Arthur chapter. Got the hints for dealing with the Leviathan from the net, but still can’t seem to pull it off. Will put it aside for a little bit and come back to it. Tried to
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Saturday, May 27, 2006 8:22 PM

Tomb Raider: Legends

Played the Tomb Raider: Legends on XBox Live yesterday and thought it was awesome, so I decided to go ahead and rent the game today. I decided to go with the Blockbuster Game Pass. That means that I can have one game out a time for as long as I want.
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Friday, May 26, 2006 1:08 PM

Oblivion, Again

Went ahead and added an Oblivion category to the blog so that I can categorize the posts related to the game. Oblivion has over 200 hours of game play, so I figure at a rate of 1 to 3 hours of game play a day, I have another 100 days of play left and
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Friday, May 26, 2006 7:24 AM

Need a Pack Mule

I really need a pack mule in Oblivion. Several times yesterday while playing Oblivion, I got too much swag and had to make several trips to sell the excess and come back. I guess I need to get my strength up so that I can carry more, but for the first
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Friday, May 26, 2006 7:13 AM

Got It, I Think

I am now 99% certain that it was the remaining 256 MB memory stick that was causing the problems. I had the other 256 MB stick go bad on me 6 months or so ago. I used that occasion as an excuse to get a 1 Gig stick, so right now I just have 1 Gig in the
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Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:03 AM

Dammit

My personal laptop is acting up. I think it is a problem with one of the memory sticks, but I can't be sure. It is an intermittent issue. I have the laptop working now, but I am wary of it. I love that machine and I can't be without it!!!
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:22 AM

Posting From Work Laptop Via Office 2007

Even with its limitations and problems. I am still enjoying the ability to create and modify posts through Office 2007. Will have to play more with formatting to see what this puppy can really do. Some ideas for future long blog posts: What playing
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:59 PM

More with Office 2007 Blog Posting

Well the category worked in the last post. So outstanding problems are picture posting and all posts are marked as 4 hours in the future. Can work around those issues as long as the next item works. Testing posting of source code:           ///
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:54 PM

Post from Office 2007 with Image

Another post to test the picture upload feature… (Picture Upload not working. Need to be able to specify FTP site for pictures…) Also, checking fonts, and colors etc… The documentation also says that categories are not working, will see… Set category
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:41 PM

Blog Post from Office 2007

Test post from Office 2007 Beta 2. Still loving Office 2007. More as I play with the new features.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:19 AM

Gotta Work At It

I am trying to get some serious time on Oblivion for the next couple of weeks or so. My son will be coming for the summer and I introduced him to the game last weekend when he was here. I didn't think he would like it because he really gets into the shooting/action
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Monday, May 22, 2006 6:58 AM

Best Buy Rocks

I went to Best Buy yesterday to return the S-Video cable that I had purchased on Saturday, turns out I didn't need it and also I need to get an audio cable to make it work with my DVD/Surround Sound player. I was also going to take advantage of Best Buy's
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Sunday, May 21, 2006 6:44 AM

Pulled the Trigger

Well, I went ahead and did it and I happy with the result. Yesterday, I went to Best Buy and bought the Insignia™ 27" Flat-Tube HDTV. It is perfect for what I need right now. It does 480p perfectly and fits exactly in my TV stand and it was only $380!
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Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:39 AM

It's Better

Well, the power was out this morning, so having not much else to do, I decided to look on the back of my DVD Surround Sound player to see what kind of connectors there were. I guess as I put the system back together I must have reseated the connectors
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Friday, May 19, 2006 8:44 AM

Uno Achievements

Got 2 achievements left in Uno and they both are just the keeping winning games ones, so it is just a matter of time before a get those. Need to decide what the next game that I want to get is, I am torn between Robotron: 2084 and Marble Quest Ultra.
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:04 AM

Reorganize my Home Theater Setup

I think I am going to have to reorganize my home theater setup. I have noticed that everything looks crappy on my televison now. It could be because I am running too much off of the power strips in back or that the cables are all tangled and causing interference
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:05 AM

Signs of a Crappy Programmer

Damien Katz has a great post that details the Signs You're a Crappy Programmer (and don't know it). I know I have been guilty of some of these over my career, but growth is recognizing a weakness and overcoming it.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:39 AM

Burnout Revenge

Rented Burnout Revenge for the XBox 360 last night. I love this game! Any driving game where the point is crashing makes it easier for me to score ;-) Another game that really demonstrates how bad my old television is. I really need to get a new HDTV
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Monday, May 15, 2006 6:51 AM

Word 2007 Blogging Support

There has been a lot of buzz lately about Word 2007 having the ability to support blogging. One such post can be found here. I am really looking forward to trying the feature out once the new Beta is released. I was really not impressed with any of the
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:45 AM

Test Post

This is a test post to see if the TimeZone adjustment I made is correct. I made this post around 6:45 am EST.
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Sunday, May 14, 2006 3:39 AM

MechAssault

Well, picked up MechAssault for the XBox yesterday at BestBuy for $10 with a gift card that I got when I bought my XBox 360. Stupid me, forgot to check to make sure it would work on the XBox 360. I just assumed since it is a Microsoft Game Studios
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Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:42 AM

Uno on XBox Live Arcade

I purchased the full version of Uno for the XBox 360 last night. I know, seems kinda of weird to buy a card game for a high powered game console, but it is fun to play. I enjoyed playing other people on XBox Live and it is sometimes a nice break
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Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:16 AM

My XBox 360 Has a Blog

Now even my XBox 360 has it own blog. I don't mind really, but when it starts talking smack about me, then I start to mind :-P
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Friday, May 12, 2006 12:35 PM

Oblivion Game Guide

Purchased the Oblivion Game Guide by Prima today. I figured any game that is as expansive and complicated as Oblivion is, I will need help with. The guide is huge, over 360 pages and nicely designed. I think the specific information on characters and
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Friday, May 12, 2006 2:42 AM

Geometry Wars

Went ahead and purchased 1,000 Microsoft Points yesterday for $12.50 and bought Geometry Wars from XBox Live Arcade. Wow! The game is incredible! The graphics and the amount of stuff going on while you are playing is overwhelming sometimes. I think I
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:01 PM

XBox Live Arcade Download Costs

Here is a list of XBox Live Arcade downloads and thier associated cost in Microsoft Points. I looked and did not find this information posted anywhere else on the internet, so I decided to record these for future reference. These were recorded Thursday,
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:57 PM

Still Busy

Well, I gave up online poker, but I have picked up another time sucker. I picked up a XBox 360 over the weekend and I have been having a blast playing with it. I also picked up Oblivion and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfare. Will post more once a little of
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