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Archive for September, 2007

For The Record… Vote on Barry Bonds 756 HR

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Mark Ecko has put up a website asking us to decide what to do with Barry’s home run ball: For The Record…
I, for one, voted to put in the Hall of Fame w/o defacing it.  No matter what you think of Barry, it is still a monumental part of baseball and deserves to be cared [...]

Microsoft Defends Stealth Windows Updates - Yahoo! News

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Microsoft Defends Stealth Windows Updates - Yahoo! News
Solution:  Apple.

Atlantic subtropical storm heads for N. Carolina - Yahoo! News

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Atlantic subtropical storm heads for N. Carolina - Yahoo! News
Yeah, we might finally get some real rain here!  Seems weird to be cheering for a tropical storm or hurricane to hit, but that’s how dry it has been here in the Triangle.

Legal Action against bloggers

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Anyone have experience with a company threatening legal action over what you wrote on a blog? I got a call today from a company attorney saying I must remove a certain page from my blog because it is libelous and because it appears on the first page of Google’s rankings. They said they [...]

Triangle Java Users Group talk on Lucene and Solr

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Welcome to the Triangle Java Users Group
I will be speaking November 19, 2007 at the Triangle Java Users Group on Lucene and Solr.   The talk will be an introduction to the features and capabilities of both Lucene and Solr, as well as some basic compare and contrast information.

Kenmore Refigerator

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Dear Sears,
Please get with the times and put your product manuals online for easy download.  There is no reason why I should pay $1000 for a fridge and then have to pay to get a product manual.  Not too mention the number of trees you kill printing out the stupid thing.  Most of your competition [...]