Perils of Autocorrect

I work for a school district and this is our busy time with creating new accounts for all the new hires.  For some reason, this year the admin folks filling out the new account form have been mis-spelling many of the user names.  Took a bit of digging by our helpdesk folks to find that…

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Candidate Statement for LOPSA Board 2015

Two years ago, I felt that LOPSA was poised for growth.  I was a bit early in that assessment as LOPSA was still burdened by debt that limited its ability to focus on the future.  That debt is now paid off and LOPSA can focus on the future – our future as system admins.  If…

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Places to eat at LISA 2014

Hi, Lots of folks have asked me about where to eat while at LISA this week.  Here are a few ideas… Walking Distance Breakfast:  Try the Specialty Cafe on 1400 5th Ave just a bit south of the Hotel. Lunch:  Matts in the Market at 94 Pike St in the Pike Place Market. Space Needle…

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Setting up a Thinkpad with clickpad

Work upgraded me to a new Thinkpad T440p which has the new clickpad with a single physical button in the clickpad instead of the three separate buttons on the older T410 that I was using.  So how do I get the one clickpad button to act like a three button mouse.  After a bit of…

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Online Map Strangeness

So today I read about the I495 bridge in Delaware that was closed for major repairs. I tried to find it on Google Maps and it doesn't exist (http://bit.ly/SHxm70). I tried Mapquest and yes, there is was (http://www.mapquest.com/us/de/wilmington). Finally I put Google Maps in Satellite view and yes there it is (http://bit.ly/1ljgiuH). So, do you…

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