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Posts from October 2009


Getting Windows 7 To Look Like 95, 98 or 2000
2009 Oct 23

I gotta hand it to Microsoft, because the theme can be modified out-of-the-box to look or / very easily. This is cool because for old-school users like me there are times when you want 7's stability but the look of an older Windows.

Status: Dead
2009 Oct 20

Something very creepy about modern social media are those who have profiles but are now deceased, as in kicked the bucket. Bought the farm. Dead. This is sad and creepy, but not without humor. Oh yes, you knew this was coming.

Garmin nuvi 255W firmware v5.7 update is must-have
2009 Oct 16

Over the past few weeks my was having problems getting a GPS signal. It was so bad that the signal would drop right out, or at best I'd get a 90 to 150 foot accuracy resolution.

So long, Tampa PetSmart
2009 Oct 3

Below, a freshly labelscarred at 2816 E Fletcher Ave. A labelscar is when the sign on the building is removed and you can see the outline of where it used to be. This one happens to be a very prominent labelscar. Ordinarily they don't stick out this much.

New England and Florida phone area code geekery
2009 Oct 1

For whatever reason I've always been really good at remembering just about every phone number I've ever had, even though I'm allergic to mathematics (I sincerely suck at that.)

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