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by Jim Winstead Jr.

February, 19, 2003 archives

time to check the credit report

them: i'm calling about your account at walmart that has been $56 overdue for two months.

me: i don't have an account with walmart.

them: just a minute.

(a minute passes.)

them: is your name james winstead the junior?

me: yes.

them: is your address p.o. box 12345, burbank, ca?

me: no.

them: okay, thank you.

» Wednesday, February 19, 2003 @ 11:42am » 1 comment, add yours

this first-hand account about the world economic forum in davos, switzerland is amazing. i keep seeing deflation talk pop up in more places, although it is hard to sort out whether it is really becoming more prevalent, or if my pattern-matching engine is just locked into finding it. (via rafe colburn.)

» Wednesday, February 19, 2003 @ 7:14pm » Comment

note for next time

the recipe calls for two cups of flour, not one. oops.

» Wednesday, February 19, 2003 @ 8:54pm » Comment

smartmontools

smartmontools is an enhanced version of the smartsuite disk-monitoring tools (that jeremy zawodny pointed out a few weeks ago). more descriptive syslog messages is a nice touch, as well as being able to tell it to not log changes in some values (like the temperature).

» Thursday, February 20, 2003 @ 10:23am » Comment
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