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Weave.org is Mine!

2 January 2010

Weave has been my nickname ever since some guy named Frank Kros set me up a user account in 1982 on a Burroughs mainframe that I was to do some contract COBOL programming on. The college I was attending at rented time on that system.  Since he forgot how to spell my last name, he [...]

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I seem to have a New Year’s Eve curse

30 December 2009

I don’t believe in curses. But on the other hand, how many times does something have to happen before you start to wonder if there’s something to it.  Then again there’s the self-fulfilling prophecy angle. But trust me, some of these events I couldn’t have subconsciously made happen. It doesn’t happen every year, but way [...]

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SMS short codes and the evil that is M-cube

21 February 2009

This post is to document frustrations I had removing a monthly charge from M-cube to my wife’s cell phone for $9.99 a month from the SMS short code of 44999.  Now most sane people would just contact their cell phone provider and complain right away, but I’d figure I’d just do it the way you [...]

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25 Random Things About Me

5 February 2009

Often on social networking sites people try to create a viral message that says something silly, like you have to copy it and spread it to n number of your friends for good luck, etc, etc.  Well I got hit by one that says you need to write down 25 random things about yourself, tag [...]

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