Mark Denovich

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Beware of false prophets

So I checked the weblogs this morning, and saw this in the referer log: http://duke.usask.ca/~che434/mark/ Yessir, that is creepy... almost identical blog style sheets (he even has a friend named…

Why do I watch?

I thought this (HBO.com: Boxing: Hopkins vs Hakkar & Tua vs Rahman) might have been a decent night of boxing. This exchange between Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant during the Hopkins fight summed up…

Nice hardware

Our Dell Workstations arrived this week. I have to say I am really impressed with their case engineering. No neon, or see through panels... but one latch, and the whole top hinges open. Easy access…

My friends aren't so dumb

Calling the plumber is probably a smart idea. God, I fucking hate plumbing. No plumbing job is an easy plumbing job in a house that's more than 10years old. Plumbers that install gate valves…

How do other people survive

So what do most people do when faced with problems in and around the house? I ask because most of my friends seem to be almost entirely mechanically ignorant. Most of my friends are programmers,…

slave to my machines

I was without internet service at home for the last few days. During the day, I found myself walking towards my computer to check my email... only to catch myself before I sat down. It was like when…

customer, serviced

We ditched cableTV a few weeks ago, but we still have cable internet service. It used to be really great, 4.5Mb downstream... then @Home went under and AT@T enforced a cap at 1.5Mb. It also used to…

Outdoor geek fun

I had seen references to "geocaching" for quite a while. I didn't realize it was so well organized. I just thought it was a couple geeks hiding transformers, pogs, or whatever the hell…

New and Improved

[snip] Well I just deleted a pretty well reasoned analysis of my tenure at the company I work for. I tried to keep things general but was still afraid that someone might stumble across the entry and…

Customer Service (the good, the bad, and the weird)

We bought our first house a few months ago. I picked Etrade as our mortgage company. The ability to see all their rates and fees upfront made the difference. They have a huge selection of lending…