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How to Stand Up – Stepcase Lifehack

By C.G. | Published: July 15, 2008

I always figured that once I learned how to walk, standing up came with it. Boy was I wrong! Thanks to lifehack.org, I know that I’ve been doing it incorrectly for 31 years. Of all the “steps” they say are crucial to standing up, I love the second one the best. Nothing says, “Look at [...]

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Shaking It Up A Bit

By C.G. | Published: January 15, 2008

As part of my new year’s resolution to be healthier, I went to the gym this evening after work. I’m working hard – feeling the burn – and I’m on my last exercise feeling good. All of a sudden, I drop my iPod. I wasn’t too worried about it. I had dropped my iPod before [...]

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So Bored With Computing… I Built My Own Web Server

By C.G. | Published: October 5, 2007

Wow! My first post using WordPress 2.3! Anyway… Besides doing the automated install of WordPress 2.3, my computing life has been pretty boring. I have no new gadgets to keep me busy and no cool programs to toy with. All I’ve been doing with my computer is the normal web surfing, iTunes listening, and working [...]

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Inspired to Backup

By C.G. | Published: April 11, 2007

Over the weekend, I managed to backup my entire music directory to my hosting provider, DreamHost.  I was inspired by Michael Lee’s aptly titled article on How to Backup Your Mac to a DreamHost Server and while I didn’t do all the technical coding work, I managed back up my music files nonetheless.  If you [...]

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I Feel Great!

By C.G. | Published: September 29, 2006

Man… I feel great! Why? It’s not because I blasted through my del.icio.us links (which I did). Its not because I demolished the dirt in my house (which I did too). It’s not even because I’m in the process of upgrading my Ubuntu machine to 6.10 (which I am). Then why do I feel so [...]

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