The path to the dark side

By Mike Taber | May 31, 2006 |

In recent years, I’ve been tempted. Seriously tempted by what many of my peers would consider to be “the dark side”. I’m not talking about “the force”. I’m talking about an operating system. For going on close to a decade, my buddy Andrew Welch, owner of Ambrosia Software has been tantilizing me with all of…

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Two weeks of hell

By Mike Taber | May 21, 2006 |

The last two weeks have been pretty harrowing. I’ve been clocking in at around 80+ hours/week and it’s likely to continue for another week. They say it takes hard work to build a business. Unfortunately, I’m just making money. You have no idea how strange it is to say that.

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Comcast

By Mike Taber | May 8, 2006 |

Good:Comcast This past weekend, I was back in Rochester, NY visiting friends and meeting with an overseas contact about some work that he needed done. On my way back on Sunday, driving near the Syracuse area I saw no less than 5 New York State Troopers. Anyone who has ever driven through New York knows…

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Eric Sink offers 20% off coupon for SourceGear’s Vault

By Mike Taber | May 3, 2006 |

*sigh* On Monday of this week, Eric Sink offered a coupon for Vault purchases in the month of May. If I’d only waited another week before purchasing the extra Vault licenses, I could have saved myself 20% on them. And I didn’t actually need to purchase them for another 2 weeks. Ah well. Maybe he…

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99 restaurants and Applebees

By Mike Taber | May 2, 2006 |

Bad:99 Restaurant andApplebees Applebees has definately made a bigger deal out of this little marketing ploy than the 99 Restaurant and Pub has by spending a lot more money on their advertising. This is evidenced by the sheer number of television commercials. Applebees runs them all the time, but I have yet to see one…

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Macs no longer immune to viruses

By Mike Taber | May 1, 2006 |

I really couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this one. I saw this article listed on Google News this evening, and couldn’t help but read it. As if any real experts would have ever thought that a Mac was immune to a virus. Perhaps that’s where my intense dislike of self-proclaimed experts comes from.…

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