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April 2005 - Posts

Windows Desktop Apprentice

The office may be a little mixed up but one thing that I don't take as lightly is my Windows Desktop. Have you ever been using someone else's computer and started cleaning up their desktop by deleting things you know they never open or execute? That's Read More...
Posted Monday, April 25, 2005 3:34 PM by stjone | 3 Comments

The Desk Apprentice

I stopped watching the Apprentice months ago*, but last night I watched the latest episode where competing teams had to work with Staples executives to design a product to help people organize their office clutter. They came up with the Desk Apprentice. Read More...
Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 4:42 PM by stjone | 1 Comments

Beware

Hackers have a found a new way to do their thing. Now they're using blogs to spy and spam. Of course in the last few years, providers of email, instant messaging, and webpage hosting services had to start running antivirus stuff on their servers to keep Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:08 PM by stjone | 0 Comments

Wake up and drink the coffee!

After spending the last few days working on some code for a small internal project, it has occurred to me that Microsoft and Starbucks should come up with some kind deal where you get Starbucks gift cards when you buy certain software packages. Maybe Read More...
Posted Monday, April 11, 2005 3:00 PM by stjone | 2 Comments

Legal Mumbo Jumbo, etc.

Someone contacted me for a radio interview about something I said in my blog, so let me just say that anything I say here is my personal opinion and not necessarily a company-wide view or even a view of the group that I work in. There was nothing negative Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 09, 2005 4:13 AM by stjone | 4 Comments

Eternal Sunshine of the Fighting Illini Uniforms

I think I got my weekly allowance of vitamin C just from watching the orange-clad Fighting Illini players and fans last night. They couldn't hit shots in the end because the glare from each others uniforms finally got to them. It was a great game but Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:34 AM by stjone | 0 Comments

Be Cool

I always start Monday’s thinking, man, it’s going to be busy week. There really aren’t any non-busy weeks, though. But I made it in. The weekend was cool. The knee could be cooler. I’m going to have the surgery soon, hopefully by next week. As someone Read More...
Posted Monday, April 04, 2005 12:28 PM by stjone | 0 Comments

What up, Doc

High-grade midsubstance ACL rupture. High-grade partial thickness tear of the lateral collateral ligament proper, extending distally to the conjoined tendon. Gastrocnemius, soleus, semimembranosus, and biceps femoris grade 1 muscle strains. Trabecula Read More...
Posted Friday, April 01, 2005 7:30 PM by stjone | 3 Comments
 
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