Xbox 360: Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player

Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen—you already have everything you need. Using the free Windows Media Center plug-in, vmcNetflix, you can turn your Xbox 360 into a Netflix Watch Instantly box.

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The Website Is Down

A mashup of true and mostly-true stories from IT hell. If you've ever called tech support and wondered what the hell they are doing down there... well, this should answer some questions for you.Starring Apache, Windows XP, Linux and Halo (among many others)

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Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars 2008

Requiem For A Day Off

The Great Office War

I don't know these people, but I certainly wish I did

Things my father taught me

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Date: 2008-04-13, 9:33AM PDT


The measurement of my finger from the tip to the first joint is 1 inch...depth for planting peas.
The measurement to the second joint is 2 inches...depth for corn.
Return borrowed things in better shape than when you borrowed them.
There are two types of trouble...one is the trouble you knowingly walk into, the other is trouble that just happens...it's important to know the difference.
Walk softly but carry a big stick.
if you have to use said stick, make sure who you use it on, doesn't get up.
Grits is good.
Foul language is a sign of a limited vocabulary
Orion, the Big and Little Dippers.
Everyone is a friend until proven otherwise.
Licorice ferns, huckleberries, nettles, sword ferns.
Tabasco won't kill you even if you eat it by the spoonfull.
Don't watch the clock when you're at work.
Fish can see you if you look over the side of the boat.
Fish can hear you if you talk to loud.
Respect the elders.
Never go to bed angry.
That which does not kill you will hurt like the dickens, but it will make you stronger.
Family is the most important thing on earth.
How to play the guitar, spoons, mouth harp, and water filled bottles.
The true meaning of "Self Made Man"
If you don't know something, go to the library and learn it.
The phrases "I don't know", "I forgot", or "I tried (and failed)" are excuses.
There is a difference between an excuse and a reason, know the difference.
Take care of your apperance...even if it is just a t-shirt and jeans.
The world can change everything about you, except your point of view...unless you allow it to.

David L. McDonald
born 1936-passed 2008
precious father
beloved husband
A right good fellow.

My favorite Eleanor conversation ever

[20:57] armonde: hey
[20:58] ellicip: yahuh
[20:58] armonde: so... how mad would you be if I got cast in a tv show that required me to take 3 months off?
[20:58] armonde: just, you know, theoritically
[20:58] ellicip: so not that mad
[20:59] ellicip: your choice of course
[20:59] armonde: yeah, choice sucks
[20:59] ellicip: although i wouldn't be delighted
[20:59] armonde: k
[20:59] armonde: I'd promise to wear my wnb polo every chance I got
[21:00] ellicip: but if it is a god gig for you then that's what you shoudl do
[21:00] ellicip: although
[21:00] ellicip: will mrs rob go with?
[21:01] armonde: I want her to, but she already said she wouldn't
[21:01] ellicip: what is the show?
[21:01] armonde: did you hear about the Alaska Experiment on Discovery?
[21:01] ellicip: theortically
[21:01] ellicip: oh geez
[21:01] ellicip: no
[21:01] ellicip: but that is riht up yoru alley
[21:01] ellicip: what is it?
[21:01] armonde: they take 4 groups of people up to Alaska, put them in very rugged conditions for 3 months and say "there you go, survive"
[21:02] ellicip: do they pay u?
[21:02] armonde: haven't gotten to that part yet
[21:02] ellicip: ahhh
[21:02] ellicip: mportant part
[21:02] armonde: yeah
[21:02] ellicip: well u sure woudl di it
[21:02] ellicip: dig it
[21:02] ellicip: haha
[21:03] armonde: yeah
[21:03] armonde: I would
[21:03] armonde: I would dig it more if she'd go with
[21:03] armonde: if she would, I'd hit submit right now
[21:03] ellicip: what about the kids?
[21:03] armonde: yeah... that's kinda why she won't
[21:03] ellicip: makes sense
[21:03] ellicip: is there a pay off at the end
[21:03] ellicip: seriously
[21:03] armonde: the experience
[21:04] ellicip: u have to find out about the money
[21:04] armonde: here's the contract, reading it now
[21:04] armonde: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/alaska/alaska-experiment/casting/terms.html
[21:05] armonde: you know I'm mad at you now
[21:05] armonde: I wanted you to say "no, you can't go"
[21:05] ellicip: why
[21:05] ellicip: haha
[21:05] ellicip: u can't blame this on me
[21:06] ellicip: u know i am all about u taking control
[21:06] armonde: I know
[21:07] armonde: k
[21:07] armonde: I've decided
[21:07] ellicip: :)
[21:07] armonde: kerri wants me to ask you to do it with me
[21:07] ellicip: and....
[21:07] ellicip: as if
[21:07] armonde: c'mon, you'd love you
[21:07] ellicip: unless by rugged conditions they mean i am staying a four seasons
[21:07] ellicip: there is no way
[21:07] armonde: well, I can guarantee at least 2
[21:08] ellicip: four seasons hotel i mean
[21:08] ellicip: seriously
[21:08] ellicip: my idea of ruffing it is staying at a hotel with no room service
[21:09] ellicip: i mean my idea of natural child birth is that I am not wearing make up
[21:10] ellicip: there is no need for all that outdoor, icky stuff
[21:11] armonde: so what you're saying is... you wouldn't step up to the challenge... the life altering moment where you truly have to provide for yourself, your worth not measured in money or belongings, but in your ability to provide your basic necessities, going to sleep every night knowing exactly what you accomplished in a very real way
[21:12] ellicip: oh please
[21:12] ellicip: i laready do that
[21:12] ellicip: i don't have to sleep oustide in teh cold to make it more real
[21:12] ellicip: let alone kill my own food
[21:13] armonde: I'd kill it
[21:13] armonde: you'd just have to clean it
[21:13] ellicip: lol
[21:14] ellicip: okay u kill it in alsaka and i'll keep threatening to kill lousy food servers
[21:15] armonde: you like fish
[21:15] armonde: imagine fresh salmon
[21:15] armonde: directly out of the stream and into the cooker
[21:15] ellicip: do u get a cooker?
[21:16] ellicip: or do have to make a cooker?
[21:16] armonde: yeah
[21:16] ellicip: and if the slamon is raw
[21:16] armonde: they give you some basic items, some foodstuffs to get started
[21:16] ellicip: does the suhi chef travel with?
[21:16] armonde: heheh
[21:16] armonde: I'll study how to be a sushi chef it you agree to it
[21:16] ellicip: listen you go live the experience in alsaka
[21:17] ellicip: but if u really want to test your skills, survival capabilities and feel lik u have accomplished somethin at the end of the day
[21:18] ellicip: you need to brave a 7th ave shpping excisuion with me
[21:18] armonde: lol
[21:18] armonde: I can't survive a wal-mart shopping excursion with Kerri
[21:18] armonde: I'd kill myself on 7th ave
[21:18] ellicip: then you'll really feel like you braved a new world!

FCC Chief Recommends Approval of XM / Sirius Merger

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Why I'm voting Republican

Kucinich presents 35 articles of impeachment against Bush

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