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Nathan Verrill

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Go Daddy IIS doesn’t work with NING - images don’t always display and open social doesn’t always work. Rackspace cloud iis works fine.

Go Daddy IIS doesn’t work with NING - images don’t always display and open social doesn’t always work. Rackspace cloud iis works fine.

White Collar war criminals - who would get your vote?

White Collar war criminals - who would get your vote?

US forces should put crash test dummies in MRAPs in the field with troops to study, design for, and counteract the effects of IEDs.

US forces should put crash test dummies in MRAPs in the field with troops to study, design for, and counteract the effects of IEDs.

Mom’s Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes

Crab cakes are best kept simple. No filler. No extra spices.
This is my mom’s recipe, which I tweaked just a bit by using panko instead of breadcrumbs.
For the crab meat, ideally we would have picked the crabs on the back porch, steamed crabs, shells and guts piled high on newspaper, the smell of [...]

Massively Multiplayer Workforce: Natron Baxter’s Take on Reeves & Reads’ Book “Total Engagement”

I’m stoked about the publication of Total Engagement: Using Games and Virtual Worlds to Change the Way People Work and Businesses Compete (companion website here) by Byron Reeves and J. Leighton Read. My excitement is twofold: first, the authors lend additional credibility to using games within a business environment; and second, the book presents an [...]

Fixing HP C4795 “looking for wireless” issue

When attempting to setup my HPC4795 all-in-one wireless printer, the wireless setup process was hanging on the “looking for wireless” step. It would just sit there, the icon cycling, and never timeout or succeed (this was on a Mac).
I ran the printer diagnostics and everything looked OK except for a FAIL on the Network Name [...]

A Strategy for Defeating the iPhone

I love my iPhone and I don’t want it to be defeated. But I still have to wonder: What would it take me to switch?
1. I have a deep emotional relationship with my phone. You’d have to make something that will provide a better relationship and feature set.
2. No call drops and coverage in [...]

Vegetarian Chili for the First Cool Day in Fall

One can each:
Kidney Beans
Navy Beans
Chili Beans
Sweet Corn
Canned Diced Tomato
One each:
Yellow Onion
Red Onion
Yellow Squash
Zucchini
Bottle Pale Ale
Dried Chili Pepper
Large Tomato
Bunch Cilantro
2 Large Portobello Mushrooms
1 Pack Shiitake Mushrooms
Cumin seeds, 2 pieces garlic - minced, salt, pepper, cayenne, celery salt
On medium heat, soften the yellow and red onions in vegetable oil with the minced garlic, a small handful of [...]

Five Fingers

Hanoi, North Vietnam
December 19, 1972
“My mother had a friend whose husband worked at a factory that was bombed,” Mrs. Vuong said. “The woman hurried to the factory as soon as she heard the news. She saw that it was smoking - it had burned. She couldn’t see anything. But she wanted to find her husband, [...]

Excited that my friend Kevin Belford’s book, Devil At The Confluence, is going to be published in the fall.

Excited that my friend Kevin Belford’s book, Devil At The Confluence, is going to be published in the fall.

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