Today my favored Linux distribution for my Eee PC has been re-released.  Unfortunately, it’s been rebranded to one of the most embarrassing possible distribution names: Easy Peasy. It appears that there was some sort of contention between the Ubuntu foundation regarding the previous name of the distribution, which was Ubuntu Eee.  It seems to carry […]

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Today was a pretty decent first day back in the office!  I got quite a bit done, and I’ve been doing some simple steps to increase my efficiency at the office: timeboxing my tasks, taking frequent scheduled breaks, and keeping a To Do list of tasks limited to 3-4 items per day that I will […]

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And they’re being sold as firewood in King Sooper’s here in Westminster.  The past two nights I have attempted to create fire using these logs.  I eventually got the first one to burn but I gave up after 5 attempts last night.  So we’ll be investing in some Duraflame logs.  They’re supposed to be more […]

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Today has been a very lazy day at home, spent mostly playing World of Warcraft and taking up space.  I notice on my reader that many people have birthdays today… Happy Birthday to shotobushi, shototiger, and daykyuu!  Many happy returns! I’m starting to get the prickly feeling that my holiday break is just about up.  […]

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Here are my goals for 2009: Debt Repayment and Tracking Attack Remaining Debts -This year we’re going to continue making strides against our three remaining student loans.  At a minimum, I expect to be down to just one remaining debt (aside from my mortgage) by 12/31/2009. Track Food Budget For Entire Year – The reasons […]

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Tasha and I went to the Vesta Dipping Grill, where we had a wonderful dinner.  I had the three pepper grilled flat iron steak.  It was spicy and delicious, and came atop a bed of shoestring fries, which they used the term “pommes fries” which is either French or Spanish for french fries.  It also […]

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