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The Empire Strikes Back…1950’s Style
With all of the this talk regarding 3D Television and 3D Movies, I thought you might like this. For those who can't view the video - click here .
Class of 1986 Annual Wine Tasting Tour – After Hours at RC’s
You Never Knew Me
I was unfortunately very busy yesterday with Memorial Day events, and although I was honored to be at these events, I neglected to post something for Memorial Day on my blog. Below is a poem that I received from a colleague of mine.  I hope you enjoy...
Remembering Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper was born at Dodge City, Kansas on May 17th, 1936, he died at his home at Venice, California yesterday morning. His first film role was with James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause , and he worked sporadically ever since because of his tendency...
Copier Machine Security
Received this from a friend of mine this morning… I and my colleagues have been well aware of these security risks for quite some time; however, as one technician friend of mine said, most companies do not want to pay to have a licensed technician remove...
Posted: 05-27-2010 9:10 by jim® | with 3 comment(s)
Remembering The Duke
Marion Mitchell Morrison was born at Winterset, Iowa on this day in 1907. Small and shy, the bullies teased him about his name. His Airedale followed him to school, but as dogs weren't allowed at school he left "Duke" at a local fire station...
Remembering Ulysses S. Grant
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio on this day in 1822. When his congressman nominated him to West Point, the politician couldn't remember the full name, but remembering young Grant's mother's maiden name, he made up a new...
CAPTCHA Implemented
Just a quick note to let you know that I have finally been able to implement a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) solution for our blogs. This should effectively stop all the spam comments.  If the...
Email from Director Mueller
*** DO NOT FOLLOW ANY OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS – LINK FUNCTIONALITY IN THIS POST HAS BEEN DISABLED *** I received an email from the FBI Director today, I thought it might be fun to publish it to my blog. I am publishing the Plain Text version of the email...
Posted: 04-18-2010 5:26 by jim® | with 2 comment(s)
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Remembering Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow was born at Kinsman, Ohio on this day in 1857. The son of the undertaker, he joined the Ohio bar in 1878. From there he moved on to Chicago where he became the City’s General Counsel. Later he worked as an attorney for the...
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