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Talking about The Happy Haggis: Sir Haggis’ Guide to Gundam
A good place to find information about the Gundam anime universe(s)… Quote The Happy Haggis: Sir Haggis’ Guide to Gundam
Author: William Forney
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Talking about How Much Caffeine in Drinks — Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks — Caffeine Content
I didn’t know this, but this is funny. A good cup of coffee still beats those $2 energy drinks by twice as much or more! LOL Quote How Much Caffeine in Drinks — Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks — Caffeine Content
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LAN Party Place – New Web Site
Nate finally got around to doing something for the LAN parties… Here is the site (check out the photos)…
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Item-based xml data framework
After getting my feet wet with xslt and learning its ins and outs I started building an xml file with the structure for our item-based data framework. Once completed I can infer the schema from it and generate a set of sql structures that reflect what is being stored in the xml. After that a simple web service can handle…
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NewGenesis future plans
After some discussion with manu, plans for NewGenesis are forming that will transform it into something somewhat different than previously envisioned. In the coming days there will be more information available about it. Feel free to send me a note if you’re curious.
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XML in New Genesis portal framework
Yesterday I did a little more work on the Data layer of the framework. It compiles now (finally) though it is just entity type classes and a few related functions. I added some XML serializer code so that any type of object can be saved into an Item. I have to work out some details with the ItemType class though.…
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A New Gadget
I got a new gadget last Friday! A Samsung i730 and a 1gb SD card. It is a phone/PocketPC with bluetooth, WiFi, and all the little stuff you’d expect to find on something like this. The only thing it doesn’t have is a camera, but phone cameras usually have horrible quality anyway so I don’t consider it a huge…
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IP Cameras
Anyway, while I’m browsing through this XSLT tutorial and samples I’m thinking of playing with some IP cameras that we (my company) are going to be offering with our other products and services. They have a lot of uses from security to just plain playing around. Some of them have SD card slots to record short clips and motion detection. A…
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The Interview
I interviewed for a position at Microsoft on Tuesday. I must say it was an experience and I’m not going to spoil it for any of you who haven’t done it yet. I must say it wasn’t exactly what I expected, but close. At the end of the hour and a half I left knowing I needed to learn…
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Espresso Connection
I went to dinner the other day with a friend of mine and we were joking around about how we eat out so much we should start a restaurant review. So, here’s the first one. Espresso Connection is a drive-thru espresso and snack shop chain in the local area. We often visit the one on College Way in Mount…