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Entries from August 2008

Altruism

May 30th, 2007 · No Comments · News, Ramblings, Smarts

Today on Slashdot, there was a super-interesting article on Altruism. Here’s the snippet:
Dekortage writes “The Washington Post is reporting on recent neuroscience research indicating that the brain is pre-wired to enjoy altruism — placing the interests of others ahead of one’s own. In studies, ‘[G]enerosity activated a primitive part of the brain that [...]

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innovation, what a show…

May 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Rants, Smarts, Tech

The other night, I was watching TV in the bed with the kids and Mel Brooke’s History of the World Part I came on. This is a classic movie, if for no other reason it shows Mel’s genius. The part we watched was the Spanish Inquisition with Mel as Torquemada.
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trixbox update to 2.2, part II

May 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Info, Tech, VoIP

If you read my post last night regarding my upgrade to Trixbox 2.2, you’ll see that I was back up and running before going to bed.  It was late, and at first I thought that my upgrade went well, but I was a little disappointed to see that my UI didn’t look exactly like it [...]

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Time to upgrade Trixbox to 2.2 tonight

May 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Tech, VoIP

I’ve mentioned recently that Trixbox released their final 2.2 version. I’m running 2.1 and have been enjoying a great amount of success with that version. If it ain’t broke, do I need to fix it? I’ve always been on the bleeding edge of things so my gut says yeah, I need to [...]

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mother, did it need to be so high?

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Ramblings

Today was one of those surreal days where it takes some time to sink in. This week has been and is going to be busy since all of our children have last days of school and end of year parties. As it is, I’ve volunteered at my son’s luau on Thursday. I [...]

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