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If are running a business and have not read “Good to Great” by Jim Collins; do it now! I think it is even better than his first book. #
@MatthewWarner WOW, that is a powerful video. Thanks for sharing it Matthew. in reply to MatthewWarner #
http://tinyurl.com/c6jq32 Great article on KDE 4.2 and some of the lingering mis-conceptions the KDE 4 series has. #

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I don’t remember the last time I spent two days with my wife/kids doing NOTHING. I need to take some “snow days” once in a while. #

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What would winter be in OK without an ice storm? All 77 counties have been declared disaster areas. I am driving home in it. Wish me luck! #
Well I made it… thank God for road salt and metal edged snow plows. Take THAT Seattle!! #

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Monday, and now I have two dozen business cards to write follow-up too and an article I was asked to write for the AITP newsletter. #
Everytime I have to use Dell.com, I want to smack an ASP.Net developer in the head! #

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The CIO forum talked about the change in job expectation of younger employees #
I disagree with their opinion. I think the Trophy Generation concept is more of an expression of frustration than a valid theory. #

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Anyone else have problems NOT gaining 8 lbs every time they go to a conference? Heck, I have only been here for about 4 hours. #
Great presenters today. Leadership and IT is the overall theme. I think I am going to get one of them to come and talk to our company. #

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Arrived at the AITP conf… registration is really disorganized; but my room is freggin sweat! #

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“Knowing that the fish sticks in the school cafeteria are really made out of tortured sea kittens makes most kids want to lose their lunch.” #
THAT is the best quote EVER!!!! #
@BrotherMagneto There is beer someplace that is worse than the 3.0 in Oklahoma? EVIL! in reply to BrotherMagneto #
Sam is coming back to OU next year! Oh hell yah! #

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hitslink reports that IE usage is now at 68.15%. What is more amazing is that IE 7 is at just 46.77%. #
@MatthewWarner Good article Matthew. BTW grape juice needs yeast to turn into wine. Otherwise it would simply go bad & VERY quickly too. in reply to MatthewWarner #

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@BrotherMagneto A number of new sub-divisions coming up around Norman are doing a network co-op. A T3 is pretty cheep split 100 ways. in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto The easiest way to ‘buy’ the distrib (in most cases) would be simply to pick a ISP that services all of your local co-ops… in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto and purchase enough shares of the companies common stock to be able to force your will on the board. in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto Verizon, AT&T, Qwest, and local governments own the vast majority of the internet “backbone.” in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto Cable companies also own a significant chunk of the “backbone.” Even if you owned AT&T you would still have to pay… in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto Other ISP’s to get access to the servers on their part of network. So if eBay is on a Qwest network you would have to pay.. in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto enough to Qwest to cover the expected bandwidth your users would need going to eBay, etc.. in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto The higher up, the less simple purchasing internet bandwidth becomes. in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto And the more users you need paying to support the infrastructure servers, equipment and personal. in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto Here is somethng I found: http://tinyurl.com/ysxlsv in reply to BrotherMagneto #

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@BrotherMagneto Did you ever get an answer to the wifi question? in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto You can use mult rtrs but the cost and annoyance are probably not worth the effort. The easiest way is to add a… in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto high-gain antenna. Most wireless devices have a standard antenna attachment that you can connect an after-market antenna to in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto Knew a guy to attached his wireless to a ham radio antenna in his appartment. He was able to get, his own, wireless… in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto from the Cafe 3 blocks away (and 12 stories down.) in reply to BrotherMagneto #
@BrotherMagneto But if you are talking a whole neighborhood (like you want to set up an internet co-op) then, ya, multiple routers. in reply to BrotherMagneto #

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Employing quality people means that you can hire 5 of them and they work like 10; as long as you pay them like you hired 8. #

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Friends of Oklahoma around the world rejoice. For tonight we do battle for the title of National College Football Champion. Boomer Sooner! #
I don’t want to talk about it… #

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