Tag: Life

The economic downturn has hit our local Chinese restaurant

Mar 25, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

… but not in the way you might think. Our geek lunches and impromptu geek meetings usually end up happening at the Oriental Express (a.k.a Jimmy’s) here in Boise. Check out the fortunes that 3 (out of …

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Bruce Campbell in Minneapolis!

Dec 18, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

A couple weeks ago I was in Minneapolis on a gig. Planning to fly out Saturday morning, I looked for something to do Friday night. I found this ad in the local paper: So I ran down and bought a ticket …

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We'2013-08-28 18:33:43'll miss you Scott Chestnut

Dec 15, 2008 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I lost a friend from High School a few weeks ago - Scott Chestnut (yes that's a Toga). I've known Scott since junior high and spent many a weekend evening with him in high school. We drifted apart …

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Yep, I'm old

Jul 25, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

But at least I had a cool party to send me off to my next 40 years. Last Saturday, around 140 of my closest friends and family converged on a park in Boise to roast a pig, drink from the keg, and poke …

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Chasing the predator is a qualification for governor?

Jul 2, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I'm sure most of you have seen the (original) movie Predator, released back in 1987. First, Jesse Ventura became the governor of Minnesota in 1999. Next came Arnold Schwarzenegger who became governor …

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Transferring domains away from GoDaddy

Apr 10, 2008 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

You'd think this would be simple wouldn't you? Well, I liken it to trying to get out of a Casino - the doors are not clearly marked, for obvious reasons. Here's my scenario I have a domain (or two) …

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It's not a bug, it's a feature!

Oct 6, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

One of my students forwarded this to me this week. I thought it was hilarious.

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Silverlight + (Game of) Life = SilverLIFE

Aug 9, 2007 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

My friend Jeff Prosise has taken John Conway's mathematically-based Game of Life, automated it and given it a slick UI using Microsoft Silverlight 1.1. I'm sure Jeff had fun writing this, …

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Is there water under your house?

Jul 19, 2007 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

This post is a bit off-topic from the usual techno-geek stuff I blog, but for the last two weeks the fine folks from D&R Residential Drainage Systems have been under our house installing a system …

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