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Funny letter to a would-be mugger

Posted in Fun, Life, tagged Comedy, Funny, Kimber, Mugger, Personal Ad on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This came to me by forwarded email, so I do not have a source. Funny, nonetheless. AN ACTUAL PERSONAL AD To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me In Downtown Savannah night before last. Date: 2009-05-27, 1 :43 a.m. E.S.T. I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded that I hand over, shortly [...]

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Night Assault (impromptu video)

Posted in Fun, Life, tagged Android, Army, Droid, Droid X, Fun, Motorola, Video on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This short video was filmed impromptu at a picnic… all using a Motorola Droid X. The quality in the evening is not the best, but it makes for an interesting short.

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U.S. Student Loan Amounts

Posted in Interesting, Life, Perspective, tagged Debt, Defaulted Debt, Student Loan Debt on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There is an estimated $730 billion in outstanding federal and private student-loan debt, says Mark Kantrowitz of FinAid, a Web site that tracks financial-aid issues — and only 40% of that debt is actively being repaid. The rest is in default, or in deferment, which means payments and interest are halted, or in forbearance, which [...]

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How to checkout and track a remote git branch

Posted in Engineering, Linux, Open Source, Software, Technique, tagged git, git branch, version control on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One of those really handy things to remember… When git “tracks” a branch, it basically sets up an entry in .git/config which tells git what to do with push and pull. For example: I had a remote branch called Task/Round3.3. I wanted to work on it locally, but have push and pull work right. So [...]

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