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At first I could not understand the hoopla surrounding social networking, but as I’ve been using facebook more and more the last few months, i can see its value as well and its flaws.  I think that it’s a a great way to keep up to date with old friends that you haven’t seen in […]

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I used to work for a fellow named Jim Cramer when I was at TheStreet.com. Though he probably doesn’t remember me, we’ve had occasion to meet a few times. Mostly in work related meetings. Just to let people know .. Jim is exactly the guy you see on TV. He’s wound up so tight, that […]

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Many people have commented on the background picture for this site.  I’ve found this one for a desktop background that you may like.  Though its not the same exact picture, its similar  tranquil.bmp Regards Biff

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Welp, our time in our cozy little co-op is nearly up. It’s a bit bittersweet. I’ll really miss the place, but its time to move on. Since our house hunt failed, we’re putting most of our stuff into storage and we’ve picked up a one bedroom apt. to put our feet up in for the […]

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so, many of you know that I’ve sold my co-op in Queens.  My wife and I thought that would be the hard part, but finding a new home hasn’t been easy.  We know WHERE we want to live, in terms of town and area, and we’ve had a close encounter with a purchase, but something […]

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An era has ended. MillerCoors ends production of Zima. Can you believe it? That drink from the 80’s that wasn’t quite beer and not quite a wine cooler is now gone forever. Now highschool kids everywhere will have to seduce one another with beer. Metrosexuals everywhere will have to switch to either apple martinis or […]

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I’ve recently been working with a theoretical mathmatician who’s doctorial thesis was partially on Solving Rubik’s Cube. It’s kind of renewed my interests in solving the puzzle. There are many websites now that claim to have different solutions, but I’ve resisted the temptation to read any of them. I’ve gotten close a few times, with […]

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It looks like we’ve narrowed our search to two or three places. 1) an apt. complex in Kew Gardens or more likely 2) Long Island City or 3) Roosevelt Island. The later two are basically one stop on the subway to Manhattan. We’re hoping to know for sure in a few days. We’re coming close […]

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Linux On Laptops is an invaluable resource to those of us that run Linux on a laptop. Today I published my first submission to them. You can see it here