July 2007
The Archives
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07.31.073BTRoast Lamb Chops, and roast potatoes for dinner. It was yummy. A nice cool Sam Adams, during the evening, whilst doing the radio. Finding and playingsome brand new electronica and dance music on NAB Radio. It's good to give new artists the exposure they need.
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07.31.07Talking NewsI thought I'd play with it for a while, but I always end up treating this type of app as a bit of a toy. However, I tried out the KDE text to speech manager in Ubuntu, and it's a lot better than anything I've heard so far. It's not perfect by any means, but the voice is more realistic that anything I've heard before, and not nearly as robotic as previous ones. I don't know if I will leave it on, but at the moment I've got it set up in Akregator to read News Articles. Time will tell.
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07.31.07
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07.30.07Success!Get to the root of the problem. When I worked on the railroad, we were taught to always follow set procedures. It's stood me well in the world of IT as well. Even a few minutes scribbling down a quick flow chart, can quickly lead you to the root of the issue. You don't have to know the answer to everything, but you need to be able to ask the people that do know, or that knows someone that knows. Never ever panic. Remember that two heads are always better than one. Ask for help from those around you, your peers, your ...
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07.30.07On This DayOn this day, as well it being the 41st Anniversary of England's first and, so far, only win of the World Cup, 1973 saw the end of the 11 year long Thalidomide case, in which the victims were awarded some twenty million pounds (approx US$40 million). 1991 saw the Italian tenor Pavorotti celebrate 30 years in opera with a huge, free concert in Hyde Park.
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