I think it’s about time to clean out this mailbox (no, it’s not mine):

65,944 unread items is a bit excessive, don’t you think?

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And now for something completely different…
The “Weezer Snuggie”:

Yes, this is for real. You can buy yourself (or me) one at www.weezer.com

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This is another odd screen shot – looks like a corrupted external drive:

It reminds me of  something I saw a while back:

Gotta love ‘plug-and-pray’. And while we’re sharing screen shots, here are a couple more:
WatchGuard screen pop-up goof…

Ye old MySQL server…

The file with no name violation…

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Not sure if I should click OK or Cancel?

Source: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
(Scott said, “Hit OK, it’s fun”)

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This idea came to me today while having lunch at my desk (don’t know why I didn’t think of it before).
After putting the smack down on some tasty potato chips, I couldn’t find a chip clip to close the bag to keep it from going stale. However, I did have an ample supply of […]

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Spotted on a server today:
That’s 522 TB, for those of you playing the home game.
Props to Bo Bracey for the screen shot. I asked him how big that hard drive really is, and his response was:
That reminds me of this classic TechTV video, circa 2001:

The funny thing […]

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Apparently Disk 0 is having a bad day (or a split personality)
Two partitions on Disk 0 both show as drive letter “D:”
Apparently this happens when trying to extend a partition. Props to Cory for this screen shot.

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I’m in Seattle this week for some SBS 2008 training and for SMB Nation, and I just checked into my hotel in Issaquah. As usual, I popped onto Microsoft Virtual Earth to see what’s around here. Imagine my surprise when I saw this swimming pool:

Yep, the swimming pool is in the shape of a […]

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As ye should be wary, today be a special day on ye old calendar. A day of grunts and peg legs. A day of squints and grinding of teeth. 
Fri Sept 19, 2008 is "International Talk Like A Pirate" day.
T’was a fun conversation I had on IM today with me mate.

Sometimes a wee […]

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One of our techs was on-site and snapped this pic of a poorly placed I-beam in front of the entrance to the server room.

And yes, that’s permanent. Reminds me of Tommy Boy:

Tommy Boy

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