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{ Monthly Archives } February 2007

Why I Hate Walmart

Frankly, I avoid shopping at Walmart at all costs, but my wife, being the frugal teacher she is, will shop there when she knows it’s cheaper than elsewhere. I know, this doesn’t really fit under the general topic guidelines that I’ve set for myself on this blog, but I just have to get it [...]

Texas, Minnesota and ODF

So I’m about a day behind delivering this story. Sorry about that.
Texas and Minnesota are debating making the move to ODF following the example of Massachusetts, for all of the official government documents. This is good news for ODF supporters and fans. Not so good news for Microsoft and Office [...]

The Search For Soul

I came across a great post by Steve Dibb, and I wanted to share my experiences on finding and listening to great music.
First, a little background. I am a high end audiophile. I can distinctly tell the difference between 12-bit, 16-bit and 20-bit CDs. I can tell the difference between an MP3 [...]

Using GPG With Mozilla Thunderbird

It’s a morning of security. What can I say? I just updated my GPG keypair, and after hitting “publish”, I thought to myself “Why not write a quick tutorial on using GPG with Thunderbird?”. So, here it is.
Before I get into it, however, I want to talk about my motivations for creating [...]

Changes To My Public GPG Key

GPG is an integral part of my life. I’ve been using it since 2004 when a friend of mine, Glen Kingston, helped generate my key. Since then, I’ve been using it just about every day. I use it to digitally sign all of my outgoing email, and I encourage people to encrypt [...]