Monthly Archives: September 2009

Ranch carvings

I spent last weekend at my friend’s ranch in Ranger, TX.  For the most part, we just sat around under the awning, laughing at the antics of the guineas as they wandered around looking for grasshoppers and other delicacies.  And, … Continue reading

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A small change?

I’ve been programming computers for a long time.  Getting paid to write computer programs, even, which I thought was pretty darned funny when I first started.  People were paying me to do something that I loved.  But I digress. After … Continue reading

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Disk space is (almost) free

Today you can buy a one-terabyte Seagate drive online for $80, shipping included.  That works out to about 8 cents per gigabyte.  In August of 2003, I paid 80 bucks for a 120 GB drive:  about 67 cents per gigabyte.  … Continue reading

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Facebook is broke!

Checking Facebook tonight, I got a notification that I had hidden some applications from my news feed.  Thank you very much, Facebook, but I didn’t need reminding. So I canceled the notification and clicked on something else.  It reminded me … Continue reading

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