Category Archives: Misc

Damn Foreigners

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Ironic that I would say that out loud but people have just been killing me all this week with their Out of Office responses. Particularly UK people. Here are a few samples. I will be out of office till September, … Continue reading

The worst part of owning a business

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They don’t teach you stuff like this in business school. The worst part of owning your own business is sitting in your office and realizing that you can’t quickly turn around and say “Fuck this, I quit.” One of those … Continue reading

Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007

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We recently switched our Asterisk (now Trixbox) setup from POTS to SIP (and a backup IAX) providers and the first thing we did was to spoof the caller ID. By spoofing our phone number to that one assigned to the POTS … Continue reading

VladCast takes a sick day

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No VladCast this week. Katie gave me a really bad virus, I’ve lost my voice and every time I try to talk I start caughing up flem while she sits in our living room watching Jacob Two-Two. So this is … Continue reading

24 – Vlad Edition

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So how was your schedule yesterday? He’s mine. 0-3 AM Troubleshooting IAX and CID problems with Asterisk3-7 AM Sleep7-10 AM Driving from Orlando to Miami, confcall AhSay10 AM Client MeetingNoon Returning calls, approving ExchangeDefender patch1 PM Driving to Boca Raton, … Continue reading

Crackdown Complete (spoiler)

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Now I’m not in a habbit of discussing political stuff on this blog but this totally freaked me out today. As you may know, I’ve been playing Crackdown for the past three weeks. I think I’ve sinked well over 40 … Continue reading

Florida Wins The NCAA Basketball Championship

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On behalf of Florida Gators everywhere please allow me to extend my condolences to the Ohio State fans on having their butts handed to them yet again by the mighty Florida Gators. Football, basketball, it doesn’t seem to matter.You’ve come … Continue reading

Shuttle Discovery takes off

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Shuttle Discovery took off roughly an hour ago. This was a spectacular event for two reasons: it is the first time I saw a night shuttle launch live and it is the first time a human being has ever seen a … Continue reading

Good Morning Amerca, it’s Cyber Monday

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Today is Cyber Monday, not the biggest online sales day of the year. It’s not? Um.. Then why is it important? Cyber Monday is the opportunity for retailers to screw Americans that were too lazy to wake up at 1AM last Friday. … Continue reading

It’s that time

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It’s that time of the year folks, where all males in USA that actually went to college give up their Saturday afternoons to college football. I’m a proud alum of the University of Florida (2 degrees, what was I thinking) … Continue reading