31
Jul

So, a blind guy walks into a store with his seeing eye dog by his side. He proceeds to pick up the dog by the hind legs, and starts swinging him around the aisles. A clerk approaches and asks “Is there anything I can help you with, sir?”, to which he responds “No thanks, just […]

20
Jul
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Small update on the soundcard wishes post: bought a new Logitech USB headset, and all is well. Within Skype you can configure which audio devices to use for which action. Specifically, audio in (during a call), audio out (headset mic to hear me), and ringing device, which I can direct to the main speaker set, […]

16
Jul
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Hmm, I upgraded WordPress to the latest version available to my host, and suddenly an odd character is in place of a standard space character.  Only when starting new sentences though (using 2 spaces to separate from the period).  Weird.

16
Jul
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I use Skype periodically for phone calls from my PC.  I also enjoy listening to music while I work.  My main workstation is a Dell Dimension E520 – Running Kubuntu 8.04.  So, on the box, I have 2 front connections to the sound card, a headphone jack and a microphone jack.  Using my headset which […]