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The Naked Truth of Knoxville GiveCamp 2009

This past weekend was a blowout of charity coding – Ann Arbor MI, Columbus OH, and Knoxville TN all had GiveCamp teams. Nathan Blevins was the lead ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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The Desk that Mike’s Dad Built

Not too long ago, I built a desk to fit the space I had. Early this year we began remodeling the downstairs room. Remodeling is to gentle of a word, ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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The No-business Meeting

Lately I’ve had a fascination with the world’s financial systems. More than just the current crisis, I’ve been reading on the history of finance ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, February 20, 2009
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Avoiding the Anti-Interview

Right now I’m betting a number of you are thinking about interviews. Either you are actively looking, or fear you might be soon; this isn’t a stable ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, January 19, 2009
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Papa’s got a brand new blog

Welcome to the new ViNull.com! -ed. This post was originally titled “Meet the new blog, same as the old blog” but the Who references have been many and ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, January 01, 2009
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Girls on Guitar

I recently bought Guitar Hero 3 (GH3) for the Wii. This is my first time playing any of the guitar hero games and I can let other "real" guitar players ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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I'm a Twit

Seriously. This is now a good thing, like how bad now means good. Or so I'm told. My new twitter account. If you don't know what ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, November 10, 2007
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Little Deaths of Freedom

Freedom doesn't die in one grand stoke. Threats to freedom don't come in the form of bombs or bullets. Freedom is bleed to death slowly by ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, August 08, 2007
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Ask.com me no questions

Unless you live under one of the few remaining rocks with no Internet service, you know Ask has been on a major campaign to cut into Google's home front ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, July 20, 2007
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Windows Vista - No Soup for You!

This weekend I decided I needed to upgrade to Vista on my home system. I've been using Vista at work now for a few weeks, and truth be told I really ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, July 16, 2007
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Behind the Keys: Dylan Wolf

Growing up, we learn no matter how good you are at something, there will always be someone better. I'm pretty good at programming - in fact, ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, May 10, 2007
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My 0.15 seconds of fame

An a-list blogger quoted me. This made my day. Update: It happened again.

Posted By Mike On Friday, April 20, 2007
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Routers, In, Space!

Space. The final Class C. These are the voyages of the project Iris, It's three year mission: To ping strange new servers, To traceroute new latency ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, April 13, 2007
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public long Strange() { return trip; }

In my life as a programmer, spanning almost 20 years since my BASIC adventures on a Tandy 1000EX, I have worked in either Microsoft languages or OpenSource. ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, April 13, 2007
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Support Skype, for the Children

Like many, I've joined up with Skype and have been happy with the service. I've gone as far as paying an additional fee for a Skype-In number - a ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, April 06, 2007
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Turning Pi

Today I turn 31, or 3.1 decades old, or the first two digits of Pi. I could, as I have in the past, post another rambling status of my life to date ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, March 31, 2007
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[root@localhost /]# kill -9 "bitch"; echo "word"

If you want the track, download it here. If you want more of this, check out Monzy. Seriously, "I last a mythical man-month, you're a one minute ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, March 29, 2007
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Life is a series of dogs (and cats)

Tish, best described as a close blogger friend, has had a string of poor luck lately with her two dogs. Every post lately is about them developing ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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I've been squatted!

Cybersquatting is a nasty thing, and yet it continues with no effort to stop it. The spammer grabs a domain name they think someone else will want, sets ...

Posted By Mike On Sunday, December 17, 2006
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Behind the Keys: Scott Jennings

I've been meaning to do this for sometime now, and tonight I'm too tired to focus the effort needed to blog about code, so I'm going to blog about blogs. ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, December 07, 2006
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A day later...

Well, it's impressive what can happen in 24 hours. I had planned to blog about last nights meetup, and the fact we failed to manage a podcast. ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, November 17, 2006
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Who the hell is Stanislaw Lem?

No, this isn't a post with a catchy title, designed to suck the reader into learning about Stanislaw Lem. It's the actual question, who the ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, November 13, 2006
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The Desk that Mike Built

It started off great, and we had a good many years together. Fun and games all the time. Things changed as I grew older however, and I needed ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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Blogger's Oct Meetup Post Mortem

We just wrapped up the meeting, once again running two hours long. This month, Perry, Tish, Cicelie, Maja and Lidia gathered as we looked at various ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, October 19, 2006
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October Meetup: Ready, Set, Blog!

Hosted by the KnoxBloggers.Com When: Wednesday, Oct 18th 7:00pm Where: Mike's Place (directions when you RSVP) What: Getting Started Blogging and ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, October 16, 2006
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Knoxville Bloggers Meetup: I, Pod

The first was a success, so we decided it's time for another one! When: Wednesday, Sept 20th 7:00pm Where: Mike's Place (directions when you RSVP) What: ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, September 08, 2006
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Knox Bloggers Meetup a Success!

(I was going to title this Knox Bloggers Meetup Post Mortem, but Daryl beat me to it.) Last night's meeting went very well, if not longer than expected. ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, August 24, 2006
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Knoxville Blogger's Meetup

When: Wednesday, August 23rd 7:00pm Where: Mike's Place (directions when you RSVP) What: Knoxville's local bloggers get together to talk about tools ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, August 18, 2006
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You're on notice Web 2.0!

Make your own here: http://www.shipbrook.com/onnotice/

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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Freedom Fest: 2006

The city of Alcoa, TN holds a yearly Freedom Fest, which is really a 4th of July thing they move to the nearest Saturday. This year I went with the girls, ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, July 03, 2006
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The apple lands near the tree

Rachel's favorite new toy is my old digital camera. She's been taking it to school and daycare, and today we went to the local duck pond for a grand photo ...

Posted By Mike On Sunday, June 04, 2006
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Obituaries: March 30th, 2006

Alas, poor Michael! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite sarcasm, of most excellent pretension. He hath annoyed me a thousand times; and now, how ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, March 31, 2006
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Hiking with Cameras

This past Sunday I went with some shutterbug friends to Grotto Falls in Gatlinburg. The day was mostly overcast, and I'm told that is great waterfall photography ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Ballad of Willis Gulch

Friday the 17th I woke up for an unknown reason at 6am, went out to the living room and turned on the light. After I got back in bed, my brother darkened ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, February 24, 2006
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365 Days Later

Today marks the end of my first year of blogging. Looking over the posts of my first year brought back many memories...In February 05, I started by making ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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You're as cold as ice

This morning I woke to a beautiful scene of newly fallen snow. So I made the command decision to take a few photos and apply the knowledge I am learning.This ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, February 09, 2006
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Disney Stole my Youth

I started to worry this week. After my last post I thought it would be easy for the next one, but then there was no interesting news happening.And then ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, January 28, 2006
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I'm going to beat you like the red-headed clown freak you are

Last night, in between the constant comments of how McNabb and Owens are acting like teenage girls at a slumber party, I saw a vision.The McRib was back.Before ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, November 07, 2005
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Halloween Photos

Here are some select photos from our Halloween. You can see the full set at flickr.Happy Halloween!Princess Hannah, full of classPrincess Rachel, acting ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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The Great Pumpkin (Contest)

I should explain myself for missing a second HNT in a row. It's Halloween again, and I have in the past carved a few pumpkins that turned out to not be ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, October 29, 2005
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I think the past, the past is behind us... be real confusing if not

This thursday I went with EDL to see Blues Traveler. Knoxville does have it's perks, among them loads of free summer and fall concerts. Now we do get a ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, October 08, 2005
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I'm still geeking out over it!

Some days, it's just good to be a geek.Digital paper will be mainstream very soon now - there is even a do-it-yourself kit for the uber geek. What is digital ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, September 28, 2005
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There was only one catch and that was Catch-22

I love football, but more than football, I love football players. I want to know the people under the helmets. I want to see the personalities that line ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, September 22, 2005
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Winning while Losing

Poker is a game played with cards, but not decided by them.It is the understanding and mastery of that fact that makes one a great poker player. You can ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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Help Rachel get to her class party!

Hi all,Rachel started Kindergarten this year and it's all ready time for the school fund raiser. If Rachel sells 15 or more items, she will get to attend ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, September 06, 2005
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Dork Tuesday

So it's Dork Tuesday; let's all take a moment and thank Osbasso for the pleasure. I've decided I'll only do this once, so instead of one photo I've posted ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, September 06, 2005
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Concord Park II: Once more into the beach!

I spend the day again with the girls and mom in Concord Park. This time I took a few extra photos for the helluva it. Because I know I'm a hack with a ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, August 29, 2005
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God Blessed Texas

Tonight was my first ever game of Texas Hold'em. All the stars are doing it, and I wanna be part of the cook kids, so I decided to do it too. I have played ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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Ninety-nine red balloons go by...

If you are expecting another profound piece of thinking, or perhaps a joyful bit of lyrical poetry to lighten your day in this blog post, I'm sorry to ...

Posted By Mike On Sunday, August 21, 2005
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Rachel's Graduation from Daycare

Today, Rachel had her graduation ceremony from daycare, and soon will start kindergarten. Here are some photos from the days events.These photos can also ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, August 12, 2005
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A day at Concord Park

The day was spent at Concord park, a near by park on a lake with an area setup like a small beach. You take what you can get in East Tennessee when it ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, August 01, 2005
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The Doctor is In

Fellow time lords, our time is at hand once again. The British Broadcast Corporation has, in their infinite wisdom, seen fit to return everyone's favorite ...

Posted By Mike On Sunday, April 10, 2005
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Contemplate the Kool-aid

Right now I'm staring at the glass of Kool-aid, my mind is working at fever pitch to decide its meaning. We are not talking of your average Kool-aid, no ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, April 05, 2005
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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh and I share today as our birthday. I however have managed to keep both my ears attached.

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, March 30, 2005
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I want a woman who...

I want a woman who can win Fear Factor. Sitting here, watching the show now, it is solid in my mind; I want a woman who can win fear factor.I mean win; ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, March 24, 2005
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Embrace your Heritage

If you know me, you know that I am a man loyal to my vices. One such vice is my drink of choice; Jack Daniel's Whiskey over ice. I do not care for the ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, March 18, 2005
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Shot by six strings

She has never ignored me, judged me, or laughed at me. She has brought me joy, carried me though pain, and said things for me I could never say on my own. ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, March 17, 2005
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Move along, nothing to see here

There are all of these dating sites out there, all standing by with digital rejections I can review in the privacy of my own home. I've tried most, and ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, March 10, 2005
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It's probably me

Nothing ever goes the way you hope, or plan. Sometimes things go exactly the way you know they will go, yet still when they do it's a surprise. If your ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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Comfort Zone Violation

Tonight was the poetry meeting, and things went well. Good feedback and some very good poems were read. Then came the end of the meeting where we decide ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, February 18, 2005
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Such is one's lot in life

Tonight was the last American Idol where the judges will choose who goes on. Contestant's fate lies in the hands of these judges. That sounds depressing, ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, February 17, 2005
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Impressions of the first kind

Sleep ended abruptly this morning as my muse paid a visit.Get up, I don't have time for this.Wha... oh, muse. Good morning.Don't good morning me, I got ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, February 15, 2005
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Kindness killed inspiration

I stare at a blank screen. Words will not come. Thought will not flow. What I had once assumed to be a simple exercise in poetry has become an albatross ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, February 14, 2005
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Division by Zero

There must be an error in the world, because I am making a blog post. Now that I have this power, to post bits into cyberspace needing only my whim, how ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, February 14, 2005
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