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The Dead Zone

Cingular is the largest mobile phone carrier in the United States with over 60 million subscribers. Despite it’s famous rollover plan, I didn’t jump on the Cingular bandwagon until October 2005. My clunky Nokia smart phone was in a bad need of a downsize, and since the Cingular had bought up AT&T (or was it [...]

Published: March 18th, 2007
Filed: Gadgets, Rants, Technology.
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AAC vs. mp3 vs. mp3Pro

I started copying CDs to my hard drive in the fall of 2001 when my CD collection had exceeded 300. I had already done two tours overseas, lugging a 200 disc case double packed to the brim everywhere I went. The idea of dragging them around the world on MSG duty for three years wasn’t [...]

Published: February 24th, 2006
Filed: Computers, Gadgets, Popular, Technology.
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Jokes and then some

Q: How do you get one week’s worth of homework done in three upper level college courses in three and a half hours?
A: Open the books three hours and twenty-seven minutes before they’re due.
Q: What has an abnormally elevated heart rate, an uneasy stomach, an eight hour shift of duty in two hours, and no [...]

Published: September 5th, 2003
Filed: Gadgets, Updates.
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Goin’ up around the bend

Somehow my weekly updates turned into biweekly. This was not my intention but it looks like it may be a necessary evil in the future. Classes officially began 5 June and, until I settle back into the time management portion of college “life,” I’m going to be swamped. I still haven’t received two books and [...]

Published: May 30th, 2003
Filed: Brazil, Gadgets, International, Marine Corps, Military, Updates.
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Never any time

Eleven days isn’t all that bad when you consider the workload I’ve been under this past week and an update of this magnitude. Don’t give me grief.
The SAI is finally over! Now I can concentrate on my time off, which just happens to get filled continuously with junk from every direction that I can’t avoid. [...]

Published: May 13th, 2003
Filed: Brazil, Gadgets, International, Marine Corps, Military, Updates.
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