rudyamid on June 23rd, 2014 at 2:40 pm

I’m no stranger to Microsoft’s products. I’ve been using Intel laptops since 1993.  In the tablet arena, though, I’ve been devoted to Apple’s iPad.  I love the UI, the rock solid performance, and plethora of apps for it.  For the longest time, I’ve resisted getting an Android or Windows tablet.  With the recent announcement by […]

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rudyamid on October 19th, 2009 at 7:39 pm

I’ve kept an eye on touch screen laptops ever since ASUS announced one at CES back in January 2009.  Since then, a few of them have popped up on sale from familiar manufacturers like HP, Toshiba, and IBM.  However, the performance is less than spectacular.  The user interface is not intuitive and the touch response […]

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rudyamid on March 18th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

A few months ago, I took the step and started building an HTPC (Home Theater PC) to watch/record TV and access the internet.  For years, I used to do this on my desktop PC that was plugged into a 19″ LCD monitor.   Now, I have the need to watch TV (and connect on to the […]

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rudyamid on March 6th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

We went to Arby’s.  It was a cool sunny day when we talked about: Free Arby’s roast burger.  I had the bacon cheddar burger, and it was good.  We generally liked the roast burgers. Consistent, Simple, and Repeatable process.  Something we should strive and enforce in the work place. Obama left, or try to be […]

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rudyamid on December 23rd, 2007 at 9:57 pm

For a small site like mine, it takes a catastrophe to make me upgrade the server. Today was such a day. I had a problem with the old AMD Athlon CPU fan making a really loud noise. Previously, I had intermittent crashes. This server’s upgrade was long overdue. It now has my old desktop setup: […]

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