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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Spend less than you earn
The mantra to good finances is simply “spend less than you earn.” You want to increase the gap between income and expenses, obviously. The more you have left at the end of the month, the more you can save. How else are you going to get rich, right? Continue reading
“The felt is worn”
*”The felt rollers are worn”*
Here’s a completely true story that I personally experienced. I was working at Microsoft, fielding calls from Microsoft partners, retailers, and customers. It was generally interesting and often challenging. And once in a while, a question came along that had me in tears. Continue reading
How to recover from MD5 mismatch
If any of the following is gibberish to you, it’s better to stop reading. Not everything I post is useful to the general public ;-) If you’re trying to restore a backup of your Android and you get the error message “MD5 … Continue reading
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“I tried to remember if someone owed me a practical joke.”
*This is how odd computer problems can be:*
“We can’t send mail more than 500 miles,” the chairman explained.
“Come again?”
“We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles from here,” he repeated. “A little bit more, actually. Call it 520 miles. But no farther.” Continue reading
Did I ever mention that I don’t like spammers?
*Did I ever mention that I don’t like spammers?*
Well I don’t. But they seem to love me: if I turn off my anti-spam plugins, my sites are flooded with spam. With luck, my new setup strikes a better balance between catching spam and allowing real content. Wish me luck – using the comment form, if you like :-) Continue reading