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7th January Comments

Obama Picks RIAA’s Favorite Lawyer For Top DoJ Post

Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:25 am

Yikes looks like Obama has made another mistake in his choice of Cabinet members, Baldy. The Recording Industry of America’s favorite courtroom lawyer, Tom Perrelli, who has sued individual file swappers in multiple federal courts, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for the third in line at the Justice Department. CNet’s Declan McCullagh explores the background [...]

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7th January Comments

A rare peek at Homeland Security’s files on travelers

Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:24 am

Now as a traveler to Canada on many trips this article has me thinking and also requestiing my personal information after reading this, Baldy. The oversize white envelope bore the blue logo of the Department of Homeland Security. Inside, I found 20 photocopies of the government’s records on my international travels. Every overseas trip I’ve [...]

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26th December Comments

The Northwest Saga Ends

Posted on December 26th, 2008 at 10:33 am

Okay I have gotten home,two days late and hardly worse for the wear. A christmas day that was ruined, and a bitter taste for Northwest airlines in my mouth. But i have to say thanks to some folks that were responsible for a great trip or at least the first part anyway. Thanks to Slick [...]

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24th December Comments

Big Daddy’s Seafood

Posted on December 24th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

Okay the trip was not a total failure, there was a lot of good food and some great times. But the one thing I have to mention is Big Daddy’s Seafood Market. Here is a little spot in the town of Jennings,La. And you want to talk seafood this is the place. A lot of [...]

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24th December Comments

The Woe’s Of Holiday Travel

Posted on December 24th, 2008 at 10:28 am

The idea was go south and have a nice pre-Christmas party. Well that went well, and then came yesterday. Sitting in the airport to start the day we were told the plane was running late due to Ice. Well okay I figured that this is the season for storms no big deal and I had [...]

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16th December Comments

US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scam

Posted on December 16th, 2008 at 6:40 am

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert for an e-mail scam targeting holiday travelers, warning that malware authors are using clever social engineering tactics to hijack Windows computers. In the e-mail scam, users get a .zip file attached to a message about an airline ticket and an ominous mention of [...]

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13th October Comments

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on October 13th, 2008 at 7:50 am

No I am not bombed it is Thanksgiving for our northern neighbors. Columbus Day for us but hey They are trying to get the Holidays correct. LOL Have a good day and don’t eat to darn much folks.

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1st September Comments

Bandwidth Caps

Posted on September 1st, 2008 at 6:33 am

Okay as you all know, or I hope that you do Comcast has started to enforce a bandwidth on it’s users. While a 250 gig a month cap sounds like a lot, but if you have more than one computer and more than one user, what with movie,iso’s, podcasts, chattting, IM, and streaming music the [...]

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13th August Comments

Okay I have been slacking

Posted on August 13th, 2008 at 9:11 am

And no that does not mean I have changed over to Slackware. I have had a series of setbacks from 3 major storms to personal situations to a pair of computers deciding they should be retired. Yes I am still out here just a tad slow in the posting is all and I hope to [...]

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8th August Comments

08-08-08

Posted on August 8th, 2008 at 8:31 am

Why is this date different? Twenty years ago the lights went on at Wrigley Field! Okay I am a Cub fan and maybe nobody else remembered or cares but it was a dawning of new look and feel to the game of baseball in Chicago. But as normal the purists whined the new wave cheered [...]

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