Author Archives: brousch

Microsoft Software Assurance Employee Purchase Program

Posted on July 8, 2009 by brousch

An acquaintance recently received an email at work which offered access to the Microsoft Software Assurance Employee Purchase Program. I don’t really see a problem with this program, other than it is less convenient than just going to the store … Continue reading →

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New Georgie Videos

Posted on June 22, 2009 by brousch

I hadn’t made any Georgie videos in a while – he really keeps us busy now that he’s running around. I finally sequestered myself in the computer room last week and put these together: Kitchen Hockey (Feb 2009) Collecting Easter … Continue reading →

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Meat

Posted on June 22, 2009 by brousch

I love this short story by Terry Bison. The flapping meat always makes me laugh.

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Pidgin + Yahoo Problem

Posted on June 19, 2009 by brousch

Yesterday Pidgin 2.5.6 stopped connecting to Yahoo Instant Messenger. It looks like a problem with DNS, because changing the Page Server from scs.msg.yahoo.com to 66.163.181.167 fixes the problem.

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GRPUG Meeting Summary

Posted on June 16, 2009 by brousch

Before the GRPUG meeting on Monday I went to the Calvin College North Hall to meet Joel Adams, the Chair of the Computer Science Department there. When I arrived, an astronomer was in his office with a strange IPython bug. … Continue reading →

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