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Posts by Jordan
Twenty Week Appointment
April 26, 2010 - 2:05 pm
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Today Jenni and I had the baby’s twenty week check up. I am happy to report that Mommy and baby are both doing great!
We had the ultrasound – you know, the ultrasound. The one where you can determine what flavor of kiddo you’re going to have. Much of the ultrasound had us looking at a [...]
Need a Reason to Use Evolution Email? – Attachment Reminders
March 30, 2010 - 9:16 pm
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Tonight I was cranking away on an email, extremely focused on making it sound as professional as possible. I was re-reading sentences, moving words around. When I was finally happy with what I had on the page, I hit send. What I forgot to do was attach the file I was writing about – oops. [...]
Idiocracy In Progress
March 26, 2010 - 12:03 am
Tags: rant, taxes
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No one likes tax time… And, yes this is another rant about how incredibly complicated and ridiculous the tax code in our country is…
So, Jenni and I recently moved out of the condo into our first conventional 3 bed, 2 bath ‘home’. We did this mainly because we want a family one day (one day [...]
Quick and Easy Multipage Tiffs in Ubuntu
February 6, 2010 - 11:41 am
Tags: organization, ubuntu
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I have never really been a fan of the multipage tiff creation within xsane. It works okay when you are scanning a lot of paper that makes up a single document, but it is somewhat cumbersome when you just want to lay a big stack of paper on the scanner consisting of several single and [...]
Thank you serveraxis.com!
December 3, 2009 - 8:21 pm
Tags: linux, vps
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So, here is the deal… I like to tinker. A lot.
Today during a discussion with my dear friend Nathan, we decided we needed to install byobu so we could configure and setup our virtual terminals with ease. Our server, however, was running Intrepid and there was no installation candidate. So, rather than take the easy [...]
Jordan’s Top Albums of 2008
January 19, 2009 - 10:12 pm
Tags: Music
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After a great deal of thought, the list is complete. I have never had an easier time identifying the albums that were in the top ten. That being said it was incredibly difficult to order the top 4. So, here they are…
10. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
9. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
8. [...]
I love the internet…
March 29, 2008 - 10:11 pm
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During software development (especially with my outdated computer), you spend an incredible amount of time waiting for resources to build. This is especially true when the project you are working on is extremely reliant on another project undergoing very active development, but that is a story for another post…
While waiting, it is quite common to [...]
Rockhurst Commencement
March 11, 2008 - 10:10 pm
Tags: life, progress
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May 17th, 2008 is the date set for the Rockhurst University graduation ceremony. Full details can be found here. The ceremony will take place at Municipal Auditorium, conveniently located near our place and the awesome new Power and Light District.
I would anticipate some sort of party afterwards. Keep your eyes peeled for more details or [...]
Meet Max and Mable
February 10, 2008 - 10:07 pm
Tags: dogs, life
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We’d like to introduce you to the newest members of our family…Max and Mable Miller! We just got them last night from Land of Paws in Prairie Village, and we’re so excited to welcome them home. M&M are “Westie Poos” (mix breed of West Highland Terriers and Poodle) and they are eight weeks old.
We have [...]
A Sense of Progress
December 9, 2007 - 10:05 pm
Tags: becoming
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This December marks the culmination of two and a half years of work for my mother and for me.
She was one of 39 who recently graduated from the NSDC Academy for Staff Developers (Click here for full article), an organization which seeks to provide the tools and knowledge for professional learning within an organization in [...]