Sep 29 2009

Pause For a Breather

Been a lot happening in the last week-plus.

  • Michelle got a new job.  She’s going to be working here.
  • As a result, we are going to move.  To here.
  • Meanwhile, we had a whirlwind week of Brewers baseball on their last homestand.  We saw them do this, this, Dave went with me to this, and finally, a nice ending with this.
  • We looked at many apartments.  It was hard to keep them all straight, but I think we have a winner, unless someone steals it out from under us.

Also, it got cold.  I like moving in fall the best, I think.  How about you?

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Sep 27 2009

Weekly Twitter Digest: 2009-09-27

  • Stories like these are increasing my interest in aquiring an ipod touch: http://tinyurl.com/leam8k #
  • I need to quit taking 2 or 3 ibuprofens per day. #
  • Getting the itch once again to be in a classroom instead of an office. #
  • Guy in union w/ Prince Fielder jersey is 2 Princes big. #
  • Thinking of the cheapest way to get VoIP calling to real phones makes my head hurt. GV, Skype, Friends & Family… oi! #
  • I have come to enjoy using occasionally using my blog as a bread crumb trail for notes that I will surely forget, and later Google. #
  • … Considering taking a listen to a 90s-retro web station. #
  • I need to read up again on upgrading an ext3 partition to ext4… #
  • New Kids on my 80s station. Click. #
  • No matter how temporary the reprieve, it feels good to be back at a job where you actually CAN get completely caught up. #
  • Gonna start a sports podcast, too. #
  • I paid 3 bucks @ the ballpark for a 1-dollar cup of coffee. #

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Sep 24 2009

Notes To My Future Self: The Gizmo5 Edition

So I use Gizmo5 in conjunction with my Google Voice account for VoIP (some of the time).  A few versions of the software ago, I was prompted to give the client my login creds for AOL and MSN instant messaging accounts, as a means of importing contact info.  At the time, I believe I did this in an effort to discover if anyone else I knew was also on this service (they weren’t).

I struggled (mightily at times) to figure out how to TURN OFF the association with those accounts.  I Googled the F out of the topic, and came up empty.  Finally, I surrendered, and sent a request for tech support.

Navid emailed me back in less than five minutes saying that he turned that feature off.

…

I don’t know WHY there is no end-user toggle for linking in to those other services, but at least it’s off now.

PS – Welcome, ye weary Googler; perhaps this helped solve your problem.

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Sep 20 2009

Weekly Twitter Digest: 2009-09-20

  • Wondering if the time that mint takes to re-authenticate my accounts constantly (albeit the bank's limitation) negates the time savings. #
  • Second Life is weird. #
  • The Internet is so much useless noise– endless strings of comments made only to see one's words in "print"; it gets tiring. #
  • Finally starting to slow down a little at work today. #
  • Walked to the wrong parking lot after work! #
  • Feeling better about car insurance renewal after getting a few quotes from others to compare. #
  • is 30,000 emails since Oct 2002 average, or a lot? Or maybe neither? #
  • Zany Brits and their email studies: http://bit.ly/29rze1 #
  • It's funny how @ Jimmy John's, you get greeted by everyone behind the counter all @ once if they're not busy. One feels like Norm Peterson. #
  • I think the doctor talking on WPR this eve is actually Owen Wilson. #
  • Oh shit, The Office started tonight. And I'm sitting here working. #
  • Pabst > High Life #
  • Got football picks posted in the nick of time from the Brew Moon in Eagle River. #

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