You know, when I’m driving around, I listen to WBBM News Radio 78 quite a bit if I’m close enough to pull it in, this is especially true if I’m helping on the family farm as you kind of live by the weather during times of fieldwork. This is in rather stark contrast to my NPR listening the rest of the time. Typically WILL out of Champaign (AM 580) because WBEZ (91.5fm, 90.7fm, 91.1fm) airs … Popups and Popovers are Physically Inexcusable Design FailuresRead more
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Have You Ever Noticed How Windows Fonts SUCK?
Recently I’ve had to do some work for what _has_ to be the last company on the face of the planet still using Windows for anything. Since I did not wish to install that virus on any machine I had I purchased a refurbished I-7 HP Slimline quad core. I loaded it up with 16Gig of RAM, a 6Gig/second 1TB SATA drive and some NVidia card with 384 CUDA core. Far from the best machine … Have You Ever Noticed How Windows Fonts SUCK?Read more
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Sangean RCR-5 Clock Radio
I have to say, I have fallen in love with this thing. During the summer I was working a contract in the city of Chicago. The corporate housing unit I was in was just a few short blocks from WBEZ. There was no clock radio provided in the unit. Rather than trying out one of the el-cheapo GE units I had in storage at home, I opted to pick up a $13 Target special which, … Sangean RCR-5 Clock RadioRead more