Michael Sautter

Less Credit for Microsoft

2008-06-28T14:04:48Z

This is my response to Gizmodo's blog entry Things No One Gives Microsoft Credit For (But Should). 1. Windows is on the vast majority of the world's computers, creating a virtually ubiquitous platform that anyone can develop for. Not so ubiquito...

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Don't Do It: Secunia PSI on Vista

2008-06-27T17:17:27Z

Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) caused Windows Vista to crash on me when I shut-down Vista. Other than that PSI worked well and I would use it if I were on a supported OS like Windows XP. PSI searches your PC for software that needs up...

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Conan and Coffee

2008-06-26T01:05:52Z

Today I was out looking for a tomato cage and a box fan. I ended up at the mall where I bought a comic book and tried the new Starbucks roast coffee. I have not bought a comic book in years but I stopped in Comics and More for a look-see. I was...

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Opera 9.5 and Netvibes

2008-06-24T22:25:07Z

The latest version of the Opera web browser, version 9.5, was released a few weeks ago. I tried it and I have a generally good opinion of it but at that time I could not use it with Netvibes, my internet start page. Whenever I tried to log-in to ...

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George Carlin Gone, Not Soon Forgotten

2008-06-23T15:09:50Z

Counter-culture icon comedian George Carlin passed away yesterday. He changed the way I thought about comedians and more importantly he made me think as I laughed. Ultimately he was not as misanthropic as he led me to believe. In the late 1970s ...

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Harvest Time: Radishes

2008-06-21T17:54:21Z

What happened? I didn't get any radishes from my first crop of radishes. The package said 29 days until harvest and it was at least that long, I planted the seeds in late April or early May. Oh well, I will wait extra long for the second crop.

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I'm Baaack!

2008-06-20T21:29:59Z

I plan on making Vox my main, general purpose, personal blog. I recently built my own Windows Vista PC and tried out Live Spaces but it is nowhere near as nice as Vox. You can check out my Live Space here, see what I mean? I just wish I could post...

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New Cooking Toys

2007-02-03T04:02:17Z

In the last month or so I have gotten my hands on two new kitchen toys. First is Alton Brown's book on baking, I'm Just Here for More Food. Alton defines six baking methods, details the master mix method of each and then provides a number of var...

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

2007-01-05T00:05:27Z

I made these cookies for New Year's Eve and some friends seemed to like them (who doesn't like chocolate chip cookies?). Software Dry Team 2 1/4 cups Flour, all-purpose 1 tsp. Baking Soda 1 tsp. Salt Cream Team 1 cup Butter, softened (2 sticks)...

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Re-Vox: Cooking, Chess, French

2007-01-03T18:05:16Z

I'm going to start using Vox more. I will use it to write about a few of my hobbies: cooking, chess and learning French. Cooking I'll post an occasional recipe that I play with and any other food observations that I have. Some of these will also ...

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