digg_url = “http://carolinaregion.com/2008/12/27/beta-testing-skype-40/”;digg_title = “Beta Testing Skype 4.0″;digg_bgcolor = “#FFFFFF”;digg_skin = “normal”;digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined; As a long time user and a paid user of Skype, I’m interested to try out the new beta version 4.0 I downloaded it tonight and so far am slightly impressed AND slightly paranoid at [...]

  My old coffee pot finally gets what it deserves… to die! Cathy and Frankie gave me a Hamilton Beach one-cup coffee pot for Christmas this year. I used to have one like this that uses a thermal holding tank to hold hot coffee, rather than depending on the warming plate to keep it hot. [...]

I just wanted to take a moment to say  Merry Christmas to all my friends, loved ones, and to the rest of the world. I hope it’s a special day for all of you!

Ok, so maybe I’m a little strange, but I did get a little un-funked today. Right now I’ve got Eric Clapton’s Time Pieces album cranked wide open. I’m putting together a new iPod playlist of the Rock I grew up to. It’s so amazing.. I can remember things I was doing 15 years ago when [...]

Important News Some of You Might Want to Hear:   Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a new and potentially serious security threat to users of its SQL Server database software. The threat is exploitable software code that hackers could use to access or alter corporate databases built with SQL Server. The malicious code could [...]

I’ve decided that crap is like kitty presents under the tree. My cats are celebrating the holidays by taking a dump on my hardwood floor. There’s nothing quite as refreshing as cleaning up cat-crap at 7:20 in the morning to get your day started off right. Today I’m going for one of those “It can’t [...]

In case some of you think I have fallen off the face of the earth, I’d like to assuage your fears, or hopes as they may be, and assure that I am still here.   It’s been very busy in my life lately. To say more would be to insinuate that I could adequately explain [...]