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Archive for August, 2008

Tickets that cost more than they cost

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I was doing a bit of research on baseball pitches and happened across this article pointing one of the wonders of buying tickets for professional baseball games.  Of course, the fundamentals could really be applied to any event ticket you buy, not just baseball.  Being a Twins fan, it’s difficult to say anything kind to [...]

Remote Desktop for Vista Home Premium

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

I just found out that Remote Desktop (RDP) isn’t a standard feature for Windows Vista Home Premium, the version of Vista we have on the new laptop.  Bummer.  I use RDP almost daily and can’t imagine life without it.  No worries though.  A quick Google for a solution lead me to a post explaining how [...]

New Dell XPS M1330 Review

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

With my wife lugging a computer to law school and back every day and both of our laptops being better than four years old, we decided it was time to get something new and actually portable while still allowing me the freedom to “develop” on-the-go.  The latter requirement means a fairly high set of specs: [...]