Monthly Archives: September 2006

IPC

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

I’ve written before about my doing practice approaches with a safety pilot in order to be current for IFR operations. Well, there is another way to restore your currency, and that’s to perform an Instrument Proficiency Check with an instrument … Continue reading →

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Putting the Democratic Party on notice

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

I’m with orc, in his post Crossing the line. I’m putting the Democratic Party as a whole, and candidates individually, on notice: If you don’t come out strongly and clearly against this torture bill and any other attempt to legalize … Continue reading →

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Maybe this will make Gravatars suck less

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

This morning, gravatar.com is throwing a wobbly, which it does with depressing regularity. When that happens, the front page of my blog loads fine, but anytime you click on an entry with comments it takes forever. I was wondering if … Continue reading →

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If MMORPG gamers acted the way in real life that they do in-game

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

I guess I’m going to have to marry my girlfriend. Sure, I don’t know anything about her, but I’ve completed all the girlfriend quests and I need to level up. I keep encountering players who just run from quest to … Continue reading →

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They’ve finally done it!

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

I’ve always said that no user interface could possibly be worse than that of Lotus Notes. Well, our company recently announced that you could access your Notes through a web interface on the intranet. Hooray, I thought, I could get … Continue reading →

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