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I had a backup. Really.
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April 13, 2013. Space Aliens, Sports Radio, and a Really Good Book. A year ago I would have not bet anything that I'd have come across—and been enthusiastic about—a book by a sports radio host, but stranger things have happened. This is the odd story of how I came to read a fantastic book, one I cannot recommend highly enough. The story starts a few years ago. Living in the hills of northeast Orange County California, my crappy clock radio only gets one station, powerhouse KFI AM 640. That opened up a ne...
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I had a backup. Really.: California Elections
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I had a backup. Really. June 05, 2010. California Ballot Analysis - June 8, 2010. For almost every election in California, I analyze the ballot propositions (but not candidates! With an eye to getting to the bottom of the issues with a mostly libertarian eye. I've been doing it for around 20 years (though I can find only the last 10 years of writing), and it's proven popular with friends. I finished this a few days ago - the election is on Tuesday - but forgot to blog it. Oh well. May 17, 2009. If you do...
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I had a backup. Really.: Hiking
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I had a backup. Really. May 16, 2013. Parking at Peters Canyon Regional Park. Click for larger image. The Peters Canyon Regional Park. In Tustin is one of the most popular hikes in Orange County, offering trails with challenges for all different levels. It's a gem. In Tustin, though many GPS navigators don't do a very good job of getting you there based on this. When navigating, be sure to enter Tustin. As there's also a Peters Canyon Rd in Irvine. Further to the south is Cedar Grove Park (run by the Cit...
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I had a backup. Really.: Software Development
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I had a backup. Really. May 27, 2013. Disabling Unicode in Visual Studio C projects. I'm writing this for Google; I've found several posts on it but none appeared comprehensive. When writing Windows applications in C or C , it really is wise to enable Unicode. Which is designed to support worldwide character sets, as Windows is Unicode under the hood. Almost all my C/C projects have been fully Unicode-compatible for years. From the top menu bar, nav to View. Raquo; Other Windows. Raquo; Property Manager.
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Disabling Unicode in Visual Studio C++ projects - I had a backup. Really.
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I had a backup. Really. Laquo; Unhappy surprise: Dell servers misreport RAID failures. Pretty girls make us stupid ». May 27, 2013. Disabling Unicode in Visual Studio C projects. I'm writing this for Google; I've found several posts on it but none appeared comprehensive. When writing Windows applications in C or C , it really is wise to enable Unicode. These instructions are for Visual Studio 2012, but a quick check of VS 2010 shows that it works the same way (VS 2008 likely as well). Raquo; Other Windows.
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I had a backup. Really.: Web/Tech
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I had a backup. Really. May 23, 2013. Unhappy surprise: Dell servers misreport RAID failures. Today a customer found out to her unhappy surprise that the Dell PERC 6/i Integrated RAID controller (perhaps others) doesn't report RAID status properly, and probably lost a full array. This front-panel reflects not just RAID status, but everything else - memory, power supply, fans, etc. - and is a great early warning system even if SNMP traps or alert emails or whatever aren't working right. But what it doesn't.
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Pretty girls make us stupid - I had a backup. Really.
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I had a backup. Really. Laquo; Disabling Unicode in Visual Studio C projects. Dynamic DNS with EasyDNS and the Fortigate firewall ». February 05, 2014. Pretty girls make us stupid. A pretty girl named Vani Hari runs a blog on the subject of healthy eating, organic foods, and the like on the aptly-named Foodbabe blog. Most of her stuff is healthy and harmless and fun, but yesterday she posted her new campaign. To stop using a certain additive (azodicarbonamide) in their bread. This is a relatively small m...
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Dynamic DNS with EasyDNS and the Fortigate firewall - I had a backup. Really.
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I had a backup. Really. Laquo; Pretty girls make us stupid. One fix for Quickbooks' enormous QBSearchIndexerError.txt file ». August 18, 2014. Dynamic DNS with EasyDNS and the Fortigate firewall. These instructions are for how to configure Dynamic DNS with the EasyDNS. Service on the Fortigate 20C firewall (and likely applicable to other models in the line). Though the Fortigate's web interface supports dynamic DNS, it's really limited and doesn't appear to allow what we want. FW# config system ddns.
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I had a backup. Really.: Current Affairs
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I had a backup. Really. April 13, 2013. Space Aliens, Sports Radio, and a Really Good Book. A year ago I would have not bet anything that I'd have come across—and been enthusiastic about—a book by a sports radio host, but stranger things have happened. This is the odd story of how I came to read a fantastic book, one I cannot recommend highly enough. The story starts a few years ago. All UFOs, All The Time. Overnight, KFI airs syndicated Coast to Coast AM. A recurring guest is one Richard Hoagland. That ...
