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by ben at 28 March, 2012 - 7:23 AM

I just got a new 2TB external HDD after my iomega 1TB croaked, and I'm looking to back up all 3 of our home PCs. They're connected wirelessly to the network, but one is running XP and the others are running win7. One box (running 7) is always on, the other two periodically. The awesome IT guy at work recommended Acronis which would cost $80 (on their site... Invisible Hand says Amazon has it cheaper) - has anyone used this? Do you recommend something else? The reviews online are all 5 star that I've found. I just want to make sure that my topography won't screw it up. That is all.

Latest comment: 04 May 12, 5:56 AM

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Damn.... that's cool!

by ben at 27 March, 2012 - 6:47 AM

Lego has an Architect and a Landmark series of products now including but not limited to: The Guggenheim:

The White House:

And the Brandenburg Gate:

Latest comment: 29 March 12, 4:43 AM

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Phrases that I hate that I have no control over how much they're completely being changed...

by ben at 19 March, 2012 - 5:33 AM

People create language, I accept that, but when you argue that it grows organically, I say that means that it grows - that is, it shouldn't regress, or move laterally even, but expand and grow.

Latest comment: 04 May 12, 5:57 AM

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A picture is sometimes worth slightly less than 1000 words

by ben at 16 March, 2012 - 5:45 AM

For anyone to whom I've told the story about how I spent my new year's of 1999-2000 sleeping in my friend's Ford Bronco, which he then sold, and it was used in Ocean's Eleven... here is the car

Latest comment: 04 May 12, 5:55 AM

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Why I like Neil Degrasse Tyson, and why I agree that we should fund NASA more

by ben at 05 March, 2012 - 11:10 AM

He makes a VERY good argument as to why NASA is important and how space exploration is a Good Thing

Latest comment: 15 March 12, 7:30 AM

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Eat Out Tokens

by elfie at 05 March, 2012 - 7:59 AM

Pie and I keep trying to set limits on how often we eat out, both for our health and to save money. The last declaration was that we could eat out no more than once a week, which we both immediately independently decided meant "no more than once a week together." And yesterday we ate out (together) for every meal. So clearly that didn't work. So we've come up with a new plan that we're starting today... Every morning we each earn 1 Token, but we can never have more than 5 Tokens in our possession at a time (again, that's 5 each). Normally, eating out costs 2 Tokens, but it only costs 1 Token if any of the following conditions is met:

Neither of us is paying for the meal
The meal costs a total of 6 or less Weight Watchers Points
We are eating out together (it still costs us 1 Token each)

I'll try to post occasional updates on whether or not we are actually capable of following this. We just started today and I'm already 1 Token in the hole, and I expect to still be at -1 at the end of the week, but I'll post a follow-up comment shortly with how that math works out.

Latest comment: 22 March 12, 11:45 PM

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Lol Wut? Game of Thrones - the Graphic Novel?

by ben at 04 March, 2012 - 5:33 AM

Yes, Virginia it exists now...

Latest comment: 04 March 12, 5:33 AM

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