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  • Test Your Backups
    Hat tip to Andy Donaldson for pointing me at this, great reminder to not only take backups, but test them. How Toy Story 2 Was Almost Lost Forever
    - 5 days ago, 16 May 12, 9:07am -
  • Repeat After Me
    Yes I watched the whole game last night, though I was really fading at the end. Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator
    - 18 days ago, 3 May 12, 9:03am -
  • Audio Manager for Android
    It’s been a while now since I used a Blackberry as my everyday phone, one of the features I miss most is the Profile manager and the ability to easily switch from one profile to another.   I have looked at different solutions for Android and final…
    - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 10:40am -
  • Farewell Old Friend
    This morning it was time to say farewell to my old car a 2002 Saturn SL2, I am amazed it made it this far, the transmission has been having issues for a while now, and recently it would no longer go in reverse which was the end of it.   I thought ab…
    - 30 days ago, 20 Apr 12, 10:10am -
  • No Surprise Here
    I wonder where I lost 7% Created by Oatmeal
    - 34 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 7:22pm -
  • My Grandmother Would have Loved This

    - 39 days ago, 12 Apr 12, 8:07am -
  • Can Fix Packs be installed over Upgrade Packs?
    I hear this question frequently with Domino 8.5.3 now having Upgrade Packs and Fix Packs available Technote 1590268: Can Fix Packs be installed over Upgrade Packs?
    - 45 days ago, 5 Apr 12, 2:25pm -
  • Happy Fourth Birthday Abe & Jack
    Hard to believe it was four years ago today that Abe and Jack were born. Here they are last night enjoying their Carvel* Birthday Cake * no birthday is complete with out a Carvel Ice Cream cake
    - 59 days ago, 23 Mar 12, 7:54am -
  • Managing your Files in the Cloud Made Simple with Otixo
    I find that I have files stored in a number of places these days, Google Docs, Dropbox, Amazon S3, box, and Picasa to name a few.  A while back I came across Otixo which allows me to access all of them in one place, and move files between the servic…
    - 62 days ago, 19 Mar 12, 9:55am -
  • Troubleshooting Guide for WebSphere Application Server
    If you are working with Wepsphere Application Server this is an excellent reference The document contains sections on, Administration, Application Development, Architecture, Installation, Migration, Performance, Problem Determination Tools, and Secur…
    - 63 days ago, 19 Mar 12, 8:24am -

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  • How Google Warps Time to Keep Its Computers Running
    It would be nice if time just marched along in an orderly fashion, one second after another, each of equal length, 31,556,926 times per year, but that's not the way the world works. Years are actually a bit shorter than we pretend they are, so we inv…
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  • Make WordPress More Secure [Security]
    If you want to keep your WordPress blog safe from intrusion two ways to eliminate basic attacks are to move your wp-config.php file up one directory to a non-public area and to delete the admin user account. Neither of these will stop a determined an…
    - , 21 Aug 11, 2:00pm -
  • 10 risky default settings in social media that you need to check
    Do you read every single “Terms of Service” you come across before clicking “I Agree” to? If you’re anything like me, the answer is no. In fact, I’ve agreed to hundreds since I first started using AOL 14 years ago, but I haven’t read on…
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  • Beware of The Traffic Ticket Trojan [WARNING]
    Got a suspicious looking email that claims you need to pay a speeding ticket in New York? Whatever you do, don’t open it — and definitely don’t open the attachment it says you need to print out in order to pay.The email, uncovered by secur…
    - , 17 Aug 11, 6:19pm -
  • The 10 Most Expensive Google Acquisitions
    Global search corporation Google, Inc. added to its already hefty empire when it announced its planned acquisition of Motorola Mobility the morning of August 15. The purchase marked Google’s most expensive acquisition to-date at a staggering $12…
    - , 15 Aug 11, 9:47pm -
  • Google Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5B, Says “Android Will Stay Open”
    Google just announced that it is acquiring Motorola Mobility. The search and online advertising company is buying the company for approximately $12.5 billion (or $40 per share), in cash. The price represents a premium of 63 percent to the closing pri…
    - , 15 Aug 11, 7:35am -
  • It’s coming: The emergence of second-class mobile citizens
    Your bits may travel by coach.Carriers in the U.S., Europe and Japan are building out LTE networks to deliver faster mobile data connectivity in droves. According to the GSM Association there are 1 million LTE connections today and there will be 300…
    - , 12 Aug 11, 12:00am -
  • Is This What Android 4: Ice Cream Sandwich Looks Like?
    Google has been awfully protective of their latest version of Android, but thanks to the folks over at RootzWiki and Android Police, we may have our first ever glimpse at Ice Cream Sandwich. As always, keep those grains of salt handy — they claim t…
    - , 11 Aug 11, 6:21pm -
  • Twitter now rolling out direct image upload at Twitter.com
    We’ve confirmed that Twitter is now rolling out direct image uploading on Twitter.com, as first reported by Mike Cane. This feature allows you to upload an image directly for use in a Tweet, in a similar fashion to the way that you can with most th…
    - , 9 Aug 11, 7:01pm -
  • Google+ bug can expose IM conversations
    A bug in the Google Talk integration of Google+ can give users under some circumstances access to the IM contacts and conversations of other users on shared computers, making it possible to eavesdrop on chat sessions in real time. Google has acknowle…
    - , 9 Aug 11, 5:00pm -

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Control Panel of an Apollo Capsule
Control Panel of an Apollo Capsule
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Lunar Module
Lunar Module
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Spacesuit covered in moondust
Spacesuit covered in moondust
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Me with Apollo 11
Me with Apollo 11
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Don't have to ask me twice
Don't have to ask me twice
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The White House
The White House
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