Well, it has only been eleven years since I wrote about the demise of Fullpack Trickster in the US. Back then I was told the game could not be licensed and would not be sold. Hmm, that’s funny because several people managed to stand up Trickster servers anyway. Today, I was trolling through my blog, […]
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The Tactical Journey I moved to Virginia in October, 2008, to work in Rosslyn. This was my initiation to the Marine Corps Marathon as I watched all the signage go up. The “Family Link-Up” and letters of the alphabet would line the building where I worked. From then on, I would count the number of
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Well, I was going to write something introspective about my Labor Day weekend, but I received a last minute tip from my colleague Todd Wiggins, and surprise – I went to opening night of Amazon Week here in DC. Amazon Week is a collaboration between the Embassy of Brazil, National Geographic and a number of
This awkward incident happened on my walk into work today. A girl was riding her bike one direction, and another young lady was walking the opposite direction. Both headed for each other. The girl walking realizes this will end badly, so she stops walking to give the girl on the bike time to adjust course
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That about sums it up. I didn’t feel like cooking this weekend, so I picked up the phone and ordered a 16″ extra-large 3 topping pizza (the coupon I had also pledged a second free 1 topping large pizza… I got that, too). Over the course of about 60-90 minutes, I inhaled the entire thing
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OK, so I was at work and tried save a web-conference event to my Outlook calendar. This was denied. It got me thinking… really? So denying folks from saving stuff to their calendar must be saving us from some HUGE security hole, through which hackers could destroy the very tubes that make up the internet!!
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LOLBOOT: Verb. 1. Replaces the word “reboot” when nobody knows why a particular problem is occurring on a computer or server, they’ve spent hours researching it and everyone is stumped. 2. Acknowledges the irony of throwing expertise out the window, assuming the crash position and simultaneously conveying the need to reboot. Usage: “Try lolbooting.”, “I have know idea why air
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History My first job was at Taco Bell, in high school. I worked the whole summer in 1987 with one purpose in mind. I wanted to save up $1,450 to buy a Yamaha V50 Music Workstation. I am sure my parents thought I was nuts… most kids wanted to buy a car, or…or…whatever else it
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