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Archive for December, 2006
Dear Management…
In: Life
31 Dec 2006Thanks Hugh.
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Origin v. CoralCDN: a GrabPERF test
In: Life
30 Dec 2006I have set up a test to check the performance of the CoralCDN network against that of the origin server. You can view the comparative results here.
The tests used the base HTML document of this blog as the target.
The results so far indicate that there is a slight performance penalty when using CoralCDN in an ad [...]
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Idiots, Explosions, and Falling Anvils
In: Life
25 Dec 2006Have I told you why I love my wife?
For Christmas, she bought me The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
Swooooonnn!
Oh, and there were some other presents as well.
Technorati Tags: Calvin+and+Hobbes, calvin, hobbes, calvin+hobbes
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Arnold breaks his leg
In: RANTING
24 Dec 2006…at a ski resort in Idaho. [here]
Anyone else see this as ironic?
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Maine Franchise Opportunity
In: Life
24 Dec 2006Stephen O’Grady points out this fine Maine business, seeking franchisees.
Opportunities to get in on this are going fast!
Technorati Tags: Maine, scary, general+store, Hussey’s, Windsor+ME
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“Folks, Denver has cleared us for an IFR landing. Fasten your seat belts, and take another stiff drink.”
I love Winter!
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It’s snowing…in Colorado…
20 Dec 2006Apparently there’s quite the blizzard pounding Colorado. [here and here]
And your point is…?
Remember:
You live at 3,000 ft and above
Those big rocky and pointy things in your backyard? They might have some effect on the weather
It’s Winter…well, officially tomorrow
I gew up in the Rocky Mountain Trench. After November 1st, it’s not if, it’s when the snow [...]
Yes, I am still here.
Yes, I am swamped.
And yes, I haven’t had a creative thought in a week
Gonna make something of it?!?
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Least Flattering Picture Ever Taken Of Me
In: Life
15 Dec 2006I love the shirt.
It’s the four chins and obviously thinning hair I could do without.
Who is that guy????
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Skype: Monetization, or Escaping the trap of 1999
In: Skype
14 Dec 2006Around the blogs, there are a number of folks talking about Skype making people pay for SkypeOut calls.
Guess what? Everywhere else in the world, you have always had to do this. So I don’t understand what the problem is.
I know that the QoS will improve on SkypeOut once the feeloaders are gone. Free is good, [...]