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I’m not political. I have an opinion. I vote. I’ve voted in every presidential election since I’ve been eligible. My proudest time to vote? Along with my father, we both voted for Perot. Odd, it was for the same reason, not happy with either party. So the SOPA/PIPA block-out and black-out, a success? I hope [...]

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Facts and frictions

January 18, 2012

For close to a year, I’ve been running my own, dedicated server. I’ve got numbers from a tertiary source to validate the stats. Uptime Outages Response time 99.91% 5 2264 ms Checks with downtime Check name Uptime Downtime Outages Response time astrofish.net 99.91% 0h 40m 00s 5 2264 ms Overview: Average of all checks Uptime [...]

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Piper Sandals and Customer Service

January 17, 2012

Previously: here and here. Title: Excellence in customer service This is how it is done: That I love my Piper Sandals, that is a foregone conclusion. They are a miracle of design in simplicity, form that follows function, and they go the distance. The first pair, still usable after all these years, but as the [...]

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Warrior

January 16, 2012

Ft. Hood (Central Texas) is one of the largest military bases in the world, as is Ft. Bliss (El Paso). Despite my “hippie” peace-love-waterbeds appearance and demeanor, I’m a big fan of the military (Military Industrial complex). Rather, I’m a big fan of the individual warriors. The global outrage of an image of uniformed Marines [...]

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Coffee by the Tanker Truck

January 15, 2012

Coffee by the tanker? I just snapped a camera-phone image, rolling along the highway in El Paso. Never seen coffee by the gas tanker. Although the idea is not without merit.

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Airport Shopping

January 14, 2012

Saw this, for a second time. The “retro handset”… I can’t help it. This is a fine example, perhaps one of the best, of Airport Shopping. Stuck in the departure lounge, that looks like the coolest piece of hardware I can’t live without. What really happens to Airport Shopping acquisitions? Nothing. Get bought. Never get [...]

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