How to get your BOTHER-in-law to switch to Firefox

FirefoxSay you have a brother-in-law (a.k.a. bother-in-law) and he is a web developer and he develops almost exclusively for Microsoft products. You know, the type that develops those web pages at work that are only viewable in Internet Explorer because they are not even close to being W3C compliant. What is the best [...]

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Pantone Color Equivalencies

I've been working on a branding project that required consistent use of color throughout every aspect of the company.  The specified standard was a Pantone color.  I figured I'd search the web and find a color equivalency  converter.  I found several, and most all of them gave different results.  So I called Pantone and got [...]

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INXS – Aronoff Center – Cincinnati Ohio

INXS - Aronoff Center - Cincinnati OhioSeating Location: Third row in the center.
This is my second INXS concert in two months. I never thought I'd be doubling-up on INXS, but the first concert was a total surprise and I'm back for more.
I was expecting the concert to be pretty much identical to the previous concert. I was impressed that it wasn't. [...]

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Expanding the capacity of my Media Server

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've build a media server to store all of my music and movies for playback throughout my house. I decided to store everything the original, lossless format. This means that music is stored at full CD bit rate, and more significantly, movies are backed-up with all [...]

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O.A.R. – Butler University – Clowes Memorial Hall – Indianapolis

O.A.R. - Butler University - Clowes Memorial Hall - IndianapolisSetlist
After attending a great O.A.R. concert in Bloomington a couple of months before, I really looking forward to a repeat. My sister-in-law Wendy, who works at Butler, was kind enough to stop by the box office the day tickets went on sale and got Nicole and I some great seats.
Unfortunately, there was some confusion [...]

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