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Knowledge is a dangerous thing

Apparently the spammers have decided to take advantage of Cambridge University’s finding that you can rearrange the letters in a word and it will still be legible as long as you keep the first and last letter of the word in their proper place.

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Artist to remember

Skip James.
Thanks PBS.

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A Night In

So now that I’m all domestic, you may wonder what goes on in crazy Tarrytown. Well, here’s what Mandy and I did tonight:
– watched Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, the best show ever
– made a great tuna steak for dinner
– watched some specials on the ancient world on PBS HD (she likes PBS too??!!)

Having a live-in girlfriend is quite a bit of fun. :D

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The mystery that is svchost.exe

Ever wonder what all those svchost.exe’s that show up in the task manager on Windows XP? I just found a knowledge base article that covers exactly why there are a bunch running and how to probe inside them to find out what they’re up to.

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Nice article on control painting

Craig Andera has a great little write up on Flicker-free control painting in .NET. Good read if you’re into that kind of thing.