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Bye Bye to Time Warner Cable (Again)

// February 3rd, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Personal Crap, TV Talk

So starting next week, we’ll be canceling Time Warner Cable again. They keep inching up their rates, their DVRs are complete and utter crap and overall I’m not a fan.

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January 31, 2012 Kelly Clarkson DPAC (Durham, NC) Set List

// February 1st, 2012 // No Comments » // Kelly Clarkson, Local (Raleigh Durham), Music

Amanda and I were lucky enough to see the Kelly Clarkson concert in downtown Durham last night after a long spell of not seeing a single show. Our last was several years back. Just looking it up, it was more than several years — in fact it was our first Kelly Clarkson show in Charlotte [...]

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Garmin Heart Rate Monitor on the Fritz

// January 30th, 2012 // No Comments » // Cycling, Cycling Products, Health & Fitness

With my first Garmin Edge 305, I got the cadence and heart rate accessories. Cadence is still humming along, but the heart rate monitor has been not accurately reporting heart rate over the past couple months. Two battery changes and various attempts to wet the contacts and my skin beneath have not resurrected the reliability of the heart rate monitor strap. Suggestions?

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Van Halen is Back On Top Again

// January 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Music, Van Halen

So I said I wouldn’t go see Van Halen in concert again until they had something new recorded in the studio. Well that time is here.

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Set Up Timed Playlists & Non-Intrusive Distractions to Stay Focused and Productive at Work

// January 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Productivity, Work

I feel like I do a pretty damn good job of staying focused most days at work, along with managing multitasking. I definitely subscribe to the Lifehacker article suggestion below to the suggestions related to a good pair of noise canceling headphones.

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Shuttle Atlantis Moves to VAB, But Only for Storage

// January 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Space Stuff & NASA

When I was lucky enough to get a little behind-the-scenes view of Kennedy Space Center and its facilities back in September, we got to get pretty close to the Endeavor orbiter parked in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Well they’re shuffling the Atlantis, Endeavor and Discovery.

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DIY Glass Whiteboard Turns Whole Wall Into Creativity Space

// January 24th, 2012 // No Comments » // Design, Home Projects

Love this, though I don’t really have a place (or need really) for it in my home office, though I think my son would get a kick out of it as well.

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SpaceX Cargo Flight on Hold Until at Least Late March 2012

// January 22nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Space Stuff & NASA

Delays are commonplace in space flight, so it shouldn’t be surprising or unexpected that the SpaceX cargo flight to the international space station has been pushed back from its February launch till at least March.

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Top 10 Tricks for Getting Better Sleep

// January 21st, 2012 // No Comments » // Health & Fitness

I pride myself on getting pretty good sleep most every day, but there’s always room for improvement, in pretty much everything we do. Lifehackers list of ten tricks for better sleep is great.

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Delta 4 Rocket Launches from Cape Canaveral

// January 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Space Stuff & NASA

Yesterday evening from Central Florida’s Cape Canaveral, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifted off, shortly after, deploying a U.S. military communications satellite to support battlefield troops and unmanned aerial drones in the Middle East. Wish I had been there to see it launch. Oh well, I’ve always got my Delta II Heavy launch [...]

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