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A bit ago a company called Alibre had a promotion to give 100,000 people a free copy of their latest package Aliblre Design Xpress. It”s an entry level parametric solid modeler. And a pretty nice little package. About a month … Continue reading →

It looks like Club Topsy is down for the count, and won”t be coming back. I’ve switched to listening to Swing Chicago, but with less slots, sometimes I can”t get in. They also play a bit too much of Sinatra … Continue reading →

Tonight I”ve been honored with a fez from The Cult Of The Eye. The more I learn about this talented and unique group of people, the more I feel humbled to be let into their little part of the universe

zealot n 1: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans [syn: Zealot] 2: a fervent … Continue reading →

Get involved in new things and new people. It really doesn”t matter what it is, just as long as it gets you off your ass and out the door. Or even stay on your ass on the computer with a … Continue reading →

If you do a lookup of atouk on Yahoo, I”m in the #1 spot. Woo-Hoo! Google only places me at #59. Not that any of that really means anything. It was just good for a giggle for about 30 seconds. … Continue reading →

Funny little line of code. 40 characters defeat one of the biggest companies in the world. I wonder how many programming hours and dollars it took to implement the validation scheme that was supposed to ensure “hackers” couldn”t get counterfeit … Continue reading →

Lots of food, lots of drinks, and people with a lot of balls. The temps were nice and the tiki torches did a good job with the mosquitos, and some of the women did a pretty good job with the … Continue reading →

For those who don’t know who Lee Presson is, he’s a talented musician, an impeccable dresser, and all around nice guy. Anyone that played on the BBReg server on Christmas day heard his rendition of the Nutcracker Suite, Nutbreaker. Lee … Continue reading →

First Microsoft drops the boat on XP update WGA. For those who missed it, MS spent god knows how much money on a security system to stop hackers from updating pirate versions of XP, only to have it beaten within … Continue reading →