Last fall, I put together a NewEgg wishlist for a new 64 bit machine that I built. I tweeted about it, but evidently didn't make a blog post. The main purpose of this machine is to run Server 2008 in Workstation mode with IIS7 and SQL 2008. The specs are as follows: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Processor...

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I've taken Kevin Harder's "Gulf Coasting" theme, which I ran for a week or so, and modded it purely by swapping / updating a few images and playing with CSS.. no hard-coded changes at all! Anyhow, here's a before shot (of the stock Gulf Coasting layout): And here's now:...

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So here’s my experience on my Dell D420 running Vista Business RTM. System specs are 1.2ghz dual core Intel U2500 cpu, 1.5GB RAM, 224MB Video (shared), 60 gig HDD (36 dedicated for Vista). Vista Performance specs are here Ordered a 4GB compact flash card. Slapped it in a PCMCIA adapter and into...

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Not too shabby for two business class laptops with integrated video cards. The D420 came out with a 2.0 overall and the D620 with a 3.0 overall, both due to video cards. The D620 beats the pants off of the D420 in all other categories, and has a nice sized screen to boot. The portability of the D420...

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Been a while since the last update, and got 2 days off of work, so got some Steve things done instead of work things.. Upgraded to CS 1.1.. process wasn't that hard.. photo gallery works again, but I need to make a skin for it.. will probably do that tomorrow and possibly upgrade FastRides as well.....

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So, turns out someone has already come up with the phrase " BlogCrumbs ". Possibly more than one definition (none was defined on the WikiPedia ), but I was feeling lucky .. and here's what they have to say: From BlogLiners : "Let's try an experiment we at Blogliners call "Blogcrumbs"...

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YAGNI is a very interesting paradigm for most of us that were formerly taught to pride ourselves on “thinking outside of the box” and think “beyond the horizon” when coding. In the years past, we have typically been given a set of requirements laid out in very vague terms and...

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