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March 5th, 2003:
Brad is a hippie. My lawnmower bests his. The end.

Brad and I have had a long standing disagreement on a few environmental/common sense issues. The most often discussed topic is electric vs. petro lawn mowers.

His greatest argument is efficiency. However according to the same source, the efficiency is a toss up. (Hydro-electric Powerplant Efficiency, Combustion Engine Efficiency) I feel better just knowing that.

Next argument: emissions. No contest. Electric wins.

Power? Gas. I don’t have an entire day to spend cutting my lawn. They don’t even make an electric riding mower.

As I type, Brad is calling the electric company to check the efficiency of the power to his house.

I win by default.

- Duane

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February 28th, 2003:
Hectic week… drummer quit… Palm theme created…

This has been a hectic week. I’m looking forward to a little break this weekend, but it looks like we have a full schedule once again.

Scott (our new drummer) quit Rogerbox this past Tuesday. Contact me if you know of a good drummer (SMS form on the homepage).

I made a theme for Facer, a palm pilot launcher replacement. The theme (MacXTheme) is based on Mac OS X. Get it here.

- Duane

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February 25th, 2003:
Archived System Update

The system goes down for maintenance very early in the morning every day to avoid the issues we’ve had with memory overflow. Once the new RAM is installed, the maintenance schedule will lighten up.

- Duane

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February 25th, 2003:
Panic At Work. Snow.

Yesterday was a lot of fun. Everything seemed to blow up at once. Plus, a few choice marketeers decided to change a handful of swats that had already been completed and marked for testing. You gotta love incompetence. We got 6 to 10 inches of snow on Sunday. Nice foot-high drifts complicated things further. Although it’s fun to drive in, it’s no fun to clean up. I can’t wait for the weather to break. I’m jones-ing to work on my car. I’m ready for race season to start… and I’m ready to get married. I just want things to start moving again. The winter season slows everything to a crawl. It just leaves time to work, eat, and sleep.

- Duane

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February 17th, 2003:
Frozen pipes. Waterfall at work. Kacey is clumsy.

Wow! Pipes are freezing everywhere! Brad went out of town on Friday at 3 p.m. At 5 p.m. his neighbor left a note on his door to let him know that water was flowing from the side of his house. Brad got home Sunday, approx. 48 hours after the pipe blew. I arrived to work this morning to find the front entrance blocked off by hazard tape. Apparently the pipes for our fire suppression system froze and they met a similar fate to Brad’s plumbing. The entire lobby was flooded, water poured freely from the 3-story ceiling. Hopefully, we’ll have some pictures to post soon. Long story short: Kacey and I were playing in the yard on Thursday, she slipped and yelped. I thought she hurt her leg. Friday, she was still uncomfortable. I panicked and rushed her to the vet. The vet checked her out. Everything is fine. (She’s no longer favoring that leg, BTW.) Plus she got her shots out of the way for the season.

- Duane

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