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Media Center 7 “problem” solved

I’m still on the Windows 7 Media Center journey that I started describing earlier.  With the addition of an IR Blaster I can now get through the channel setup and record from cable.  I don’t see the listings again for my antenna, but that will have to wait. The latest issue is that it appeared [...]

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Late for the Party

Listening to This Week in Google (TWIG episode 3, I’m a little behind) created an “ah-ha” moment for me today.? I used to always feel like I have to read every Facebook status update or Tweet that my friends post.? Of course I can’t keep up, but I keep wanting to try. They made the [...]

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Taxes

Nobody seems to know who wrote this originally, and there are many versions out there.? Regardless, it makes you think… Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like [...]

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How a Sewing Machine Works

This graphic, which I found on John Dvorak’s blog but originally came from here, finally makes it (mostly) clear to me.

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