I know I’m a finance nerd when I hear my wife in the other room on the webcam say, “We could plan a hedge or something”, and I think “Plan a hedge? They’re thinking about some put options or locking in some futures?”, before I realize they’re talking about plants.
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Bad week for technology
Not having a great week technology-wise here in the Hart household. The XBOX 360 isn’t outputting audio or video anymore, which is an important part of the game experience. And now the three week old TiVo HD is misbehaving. The problem started in the last few days (call it Apr. 29). TiVo only works correctly [...]
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Think this hard drive could use a defrag?
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NO WHERE between PS03 & PS04 Originally uploaded by amycgx Ever wonder why the Alaska Pipeline is laid out in a zigzag pattern, even though there’s nothing around for miles and miles and miles and miles? Oh. Well, I did. Seems other people did, too… enough to justify a FAQ. Pipeline Engineering
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