Greg Stereo » Got Nothin’ http://gregstereo.com Coding, Web Services, No Free Tech Support Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 In Memoriam: Bob Probert http://gregstereo.com/2010/07/05/in-memoriam-bob-probert/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/07/05/in-memoriam-bob-probert/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:43:03 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=724 Sad news tonight that legendary hockey toughman Bob Probert is dead at 45. Probert was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks. While a successful player by some measures, including being voted to the 1987–88 Campbell Conference all-star team, Probert was best known for his activities [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/07/05/in-memoriam-bob-probert/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Alan Turing! http://gregstereo.com/2010/06/23/happy-birthday-alan-turing/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/06/23/happy-birthday-alan-turing/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:21:32 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=719 Today marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist Alan Turing.

Turing was influential in the development of computer science and providing a formalization of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, playing a significant role in the creation of the modern computer.

Alan [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/06/23/happy-birthday-alan-turing/feed/ 0 Happy Cinco de Mayo, but also… http://gregstereo.com/2010/05/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo-but-also/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/05/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo-but-also/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 18:25:33 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=706 more importantly – Happy Birthday Ann B. Davis!

From the renowned source of all official knowledge, Wikipedia:

Davis’s first success was as Charmaine “Schultzy” Schultz in the sitcom The Bob Cummings Show on NBC. She auditioned for the role because her friend’s boyfriend was a casting director and recommended her for the part. She won the Emmy [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/05/05/happy-cinco-de-mayo-but-also/feed/ 0 Happy 20th Hubble! http://gregstereo.com/2010/04/24/happy-20th-hubble/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/04/24/happy-20th-hubble/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:07:41 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=703 Wow it’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the back of the space shuttle STS-31.

I remember at first all the jokes about its technical problems, it had poor eyesight, and needed many repairs.

HST was not going to give up the fight easily, though, and [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/04/24/happy-20th-hubble/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Herb Alpert! http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/30/happy-birthday-herb/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/30/happy-birthday-herb/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:08:21 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=564 A very happy birthday to legendary musician and recording industry executive Herb Alpert, founder of the Tijuana Brass Brand, the “A” in A&M Records, and composer of “Spanish Flea”, which many people also call the theme to the Chuck Barris game show, “The Dating Game”.

One internet chronicler put it best regarding Spanish [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/30/happy-birthday-herb/feed/ 1 In Memoriam: Jeff Healey http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/25/in-memoriam-jeff-healey/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/25/in-memoriam-jeff-healey/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:17:39 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=541 Jeff Healey was born on this day in 1966. Born in Toronto, Canada, he lost his eyesight at the age of eight months due to a rare form of cancer. He persevered to become an acclaimed musician, sharing his beautiful talent with the world. Healey actually started playing the guitar at [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/25/in-memoriam-jeff-healey/feed/ 1 The revolution will not be digitized http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/20/the-revolution-will-not-be-digitized/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/20/the-revolution-will-not-be-digitized/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:39:16 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=536 I like the premise of Joe Trippi’s book, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything“; but I like the lyrics of the original song even more:

You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/03/20/the-revolution-will-not-be-digitized/feed/ 0 Sorry folks…. http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/23/sorry-folks/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/23/sorry-folks/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:22:47 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=531 The Internet’s closed. The moose out front should have told you.

Related articles by Zemanta Internet Marketing Basics You Must Know (linkthe.com) Richard Fontaine: America Needs an Internet Agenda (online.wsj.com) Global Youth: Canadians’ Internet Use Exceeds TV Time (debaird.net) How to Secure Your Internet Connection via SSH (maketecheasier.com) Related Posts:Lies, lies, and damned statisticsBeat a hooker or die after using cocaine….Don’t [...]

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/23/sorry-folks/feed/ 0 Don’t feed the trolls http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/19/dont-feed-the-trolls/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/19/dont-feed-the-trolls/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:38 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=527

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]]> http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/19/dont-feed-the-trolls/feed/ 0 Mister Hand Was Right http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/08/mister-hand-was-right/ http://gregstereo.com/2010/02/08/mister-hand-was-right/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:10:22 +0000 Greg Stereo http://gregstereo.com/?p=520 Every day I become more convinced that Mr. Hand, played by My Favorite Martian Ray Walston in the seminal movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, was correct in believing that everyone is on dope.

No? You beg to differ? Not so fast – I’m talking to you Little Miss Patchouli Legalize-It. But I’m also [...]

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