Monthly Archives: April 2008

Is XP faster than Vista?

Posted on April 29, 2008 by kenlefeb

The general impression is that Windows Vista is slow… ZDNet just published an interesting benchmark comparison. Granted, the minimum hardware requirements have increased, but once you’ve upgraded your equipment, it looks like you’re better off with Vista.

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Scared of Heights?

Posted on April 25, 2008 by kenlefeb

Not only would I be too chicken to walk this, but there were spots in the video that made my stomach jump!

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Evolution?

Posted on April 23, 2008 by kenlefeb

Technology evolves and we devolve! (from Core77 Design Blog)

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Our Savior!

Posted on April 23, 2008 by kenlefeb

National City was just saved by a huge investment from Corsair Capital and other private investment firms. According to Corsair’s vice chairman, in this interview, we should expect another 18-24 months of pain in the banking sector, but National City … Continue reading →

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ALT.NET Code

Posted on April 23, 2008 by kenlefeb

First, go read Scott Hanselman’s description of ALT.NET and why you should care about it. He describes a new “code” for describing your level of “ALT.NETishness.” Here’s mine: IOC(SM):IOC(S.):IOC(CW):IOC(Nin):MOC(RM):MOC(MQ):MOC(TM):MOC(!):MOC(!?):TDD(NU):TDD(Xu):TDD(Mb):TDD(MS):SCC(Svn):SCC(Git):SCC(TFS):SCC(Lame):SCC(Tar):SCC(Gmail):ORM(NH):ORM(SS):ORM(Gen):ORM(L2S):ORM(!?):XPP(Lame++):XPP(++):XPP(!):DDD(T+):DDD(+):DDD(!?):JSL(Jq):JSL(MS):JSL(p+):JSL(s+):JSL?:CIS(CC):CIS(TFS):CIS(!):CIS(psh+):CIS(bat-):GoF(++)

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Old Family Photos

Posted on April 19, 2008 by kenlefeb

Here are a few old pictures I found tonight, that I thought you might enjoy seeing…

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Are you a geek with a Wii?

Posted on April 17, 2008 by kenlefeb

This is really cool!

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Posted on April 15, 2008 by kenlefeb
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We’re Buying a House!

Posted on April 15, 2008 by kenlefeb

This evening we went to see this house again: The owners are asking $204,900 for it and we really liked it! Feeling they were being reasonable, but that we should make a lower offer on principle, we offered $200,000. We … Continue reading →

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New Server

Posted on April 14, 2008 by kenlefeb

Well, as I mentioned a few days ago, I had some hardware issues with my server. When I installed Vista on that machine a couple months ago, I had moved all the user profiles to a secondary hard drive, drive … Continue reading →

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