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I just recently picked up comcast and their dvr and am learning all kinds of great stuff. For example, here is the procedure to program 30 second skip to the remote. Press the “Cable” button at the top of the remote to put it into Cable Box control mode. Press and hold the “Setup” button until the “Cable” button blinks twice. Type in the code 994. The “Cable” button will blink twice Press (do not hold) the “Setup” button Type in the code 00173 (for 30 second Skip) Press whatever button you want to map the skip I just wish I could upgrade the puny drive…

What a drive into work. Accidents are never fun. I decided to shoot down Roosevelt this morning because traffic was so bad on 290/Eisenhower. There’s a good portion of Roosevelt where it’s technically only one lane, but those people you hate so much try to pass on the right side and then cut people off further down. Well apparently, one guy in a Lexus was determined to be a savior this morning and was hanging to the right so nobody could sneak down the shoulder. As it would happen, he was right behind me. ...

I was talking to somebody recently (although I can’t remember who now…) who said that I absolutely must try Ignotz Ristorante in little Italy if I like authentic Italian food. Back to packing…

A couple next door just recently got a new little lab pup. I don’t think I’ve seen them take it more than 20 ft. from the house. Now I’m not always around, but I’ve been home more often than not lately due to my move coming up and I could swear I haven’t seen that poor pup go farther than just down the street. It’s always jumping around and trying to play, too, and they just yank the poor thing back inside. ...

I found a todo list from when I was in college. I was such an ambitious young chap… Convert DIP -> FreeBSD DNS SMTP (Aliases for archives,jobs) + Appropriate mailing list filters (test on DUALLY-procmail?) Web Server Configure DIP's kernel on DUALLY for expedient upgrade Make sure UID's & GID's line up Configure NFS, NIS+? on DIP Make move to qmail? Here’s some other interesting ones from work. at rdisk /s - every workstation - 1 hour at "windowsupdate" ??? - 1 hour Disable unneeded services on servers - smtp, ftp - 1/2 hour Network Documentation - 1 day What do I have to restart upon server reboot, what Oracle databases - 1/2 hour Hehe, I always enjoy finding old stuff like that.

I was going through all my stuff in preparation for my move tonight, when I came across an old newsgroup posting I had printed out back in ‘97 - How to send fake mail. This was where I first learned how to connect to an email server and send email using SMTP commands. Ah, memories…

MusicBrainz - Now I can tag my entire collection!

A few random links before I upgrade Firefox. MPLS is growing Enumerate AS/400 users with POP3 Tired of your music selections? Build a bluetooth sniper rifle CSS Zen Garden ...I love this site How to play mp3's on your website Some code I want to hack up sometime... Yea, that’s about it…except for this linguistic profile I took… ### Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 30% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Oh boy, do I hurt. It’s been quite the weekend. Friday was the annual busy-season party at which I played a couple games of some serious volleyball, giving me tight neck and shoulder muscles the rest of the weekend. On Saturday, we went for a 20-mile bike ride out in the burbs, making my leg muscles tight for the rest of the weekend. And today, Stacey, Zoe and I all did a 5K and we all meet or beat our goals. It’s the first race I’ve ever run and while I feel like I am going to die now, it was pretty fun.

Holy cupcakes, Batman. Anything that’s got ganache in the recipe has to be good.