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Build 5536

Posted in August 29th, 2006
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Windows Vista Build 5536 (Pre-RC1) is almost here.
RC1 means “Release Candidate 1.” When Microsoft makes available the first release candidate of a product, it means the software is in its final stages of being ready to head to the manufacturer. The goal of making RC1 available is to show testers as close to a final [...]

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Best Buy sells Cybershit!

Posted in August 28th, 2006
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Go to Best Buy’s website and search for “Cybershot x.x” (replace x.x with 4.3, or 5.7, or any other odd combination for megapixels.
Example:
My search for cybershot 4.0
We did not find any matches for “cybershot 4.0″, but we did find the following matches for “cybershit 4.0″.
1228 items found for “cybershit 4.0″ in All Categories
Nice!
~Jaker
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Happy Birthday Linux

Posted in August 26th, 2006
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From: Linus Benedict Torvalds - view profile
Date: Sun, Aug 25 1991 3:57 pm
Email: torva…@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Groups: comp.os.minix
Hello everybody out there using minix -
I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing
since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like [...]

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New job is a go!

Posted in August 25th, 2006
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Well, it’s official. I will be working at Humana doing help desk and my start date is in fact the 11th, not the 5th. This means the camping trip can proceed as planned, with a day before and day after to see…people [cough]Amy![/cough].
The first 6-8 weeks will be nasty as it’s all training. w00t for [...]

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Blog Update Coming (Again)

Posted in August 23rd, 2006
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It’s nice, really, that only two days after I upgraded to 1.8beta that 1.8.1 RC was released. This will be an easy upgrade though, and I’ll probably do it later this week (when I’m more done with school stuff than I am now)…
~Jaker
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Blog Update

Posted in August 15th, 2006
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Blog Engine updated to 1.8beta “Summer Beta!”
Bugs may ensue. amy_skin upgraded (because the work was already done for me). blueC has not. Stand by for further details..
~Jaker
Update–It’s been a few hours of tedious code rewriting and I’m now stuck getting a bizarre “Please, do not access this page directly” error with the blueC (now officially [...]

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Blog Emergency Alert Service

Posted in August 15th, 2006
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**BLOG TERROR ALERT LEVEL: VERY RED ELEVATED**
This blog will be subject to being upgraded to b2evolution 1.8beta “Summer Beta” within the next 24 hours. The upgrade is complete. Now I just need to finish up some little stuff. At least the skin is ported over–THAT was a pain. All Readers should continue to be vigilant, [...]

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Dell’s Battery Mass Exodus

Posted in August 14th, 2006
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If you’ve got a Dell laptop, your battery could be recalled tomorrow.
4.1 million batteries are going to be recalled. Here’s the list of laptops that fall under the category of “doom.”
Latitude
D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
Inspiron
6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 700m, 710m, 9400, E1705
Dell Precision
M20, [...]

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Geek Approved Blogging

Posted in August 12th, 2006
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Here’s some geek-approved blogging material for you:
1) I am posting on a Core Duo Mac laptop.
2) I am posting in RJ’s car, 54 miles away from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
3) I am posting over the Sprint PCS network.
(Mac laptop –> Bluetooth connection to Treo –> PCS Data connection –> Blog post)
~Jaker

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The Single Resume

Posted in August 11th, 2006
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So I went to that job fair from ITT last week and left rather disappointed. It wasn’t really what any of us was expecting, and I only brought one resume with me. Therefore I had to cautiously choose who I thought was the best one out of the bunch give my resume to the first [...]

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