MattPie

I stumbled onto Barnes and Noble "Serial Reads" last month via the Nook app on my phone (unknown if it's available via the web or other ways). Essentially, free book to read, released a chapter or two each day over the course of a month. As someone who doesn't have the discipline to not read for hours once I get hooked, this is an awesome way to read a random book during downtime and not waste time I don't have. The rub is you're reading whatever they throw at you. Last month was a crime procedural set on the Ireland/North Ireland border. Pretty standard stuff, and an OK read. I'd be curious if everyone gets the same book though, as this month's book is "The Clockwork Dagger", set in a steampunk world with some magic. This isn't something I'd think to read on my own, but it's not so far off my taste that it couldn't be tailored to me. It seems like an odd pick if it's trying to appeal to a general audience though. It was also an OK read, mostly for the novelty of the setting. B&N know what they're doing though, both books so far have been the first in a series with helpful links to buy the current book (if you just can't wait until to tomorrow to read more) and the next book in the series. This series is only two books, I'd consider buying the second one. If it was the first of five books, I don't think I'd make that kind of commitment to it. Maybe I need to write a reading app that only allows a pre-set number of chapters to be read each day. Or I need to get some discipline. :)

Peters is a possibility, although I'd be surprised that he dressed all 16 games. Wait, was this the Tim Kennedy era of Sabres hockey? He's a good guess.

There's some sort of pecking order. Eichel got a number, Rudy got a number, but most rooks don't. Traded NHL pros seem to get their number as long as it isn't taken.

You know what? I might. Other stuff aside, Vanek is UFA at the end of next year. Moulson is under contract until 2019.

But I'm a sad clown on the inside! :)

It's not crazy, it'll surely drive a lot of clicks to WGR's web site.

I heard Reinhardt wanted to wear 71 but Rip gave him 23 anyway.

Mr Wildcard, tear down this bunker.

I get what you're saying, but to a degree "that's life". Almost all the beef in the US is supplied to McDonald's' standards because as the 800-lb gorilla they dictate what they'll buy and everyone follows. Sport motorcycles generally align to racing classes; you used to be able to buy 750cc sport bikes from everyone but now that there's no 750cc racing class, they're all-but gone. Things change at the top and it trickles down to the lower levels.

Legend has it, when Kaleta needed a number, Rip tossed him #36 saying, "here, I think this one fits".

I did it once, I missed an 8AM Emag test. I walked up to the professor and said, "I screwed up and missed the test, is there any way I can fix it?" He told me he'd take my grade on the final project and use that for the test. I was astounded; maybe he appreciated my honesty.

Yep, that's all correct. For reference, my work computer (HP 9470p ) is very nice but pricey. I can run a couple VMs (RHEL7, Mint, Windows 7, though I generally don't run all three at once) on it with GUI without getting into too much trouble. It has 8GB, Intel i5-3437U, and an SSD. In terms of disk performance, even with the software-based disk encryption on my work system (which slows down everything), disk is still faster than the non-encrypted hard disk on my home laptop. Very nice to have indeed. This model is a few years old so I think a new system with similar performance (and not the fancy "business" model) would come in a lot cheaper than the $1000+ it was new. Once you get it narrowed down, I'd check on whether the boot loader is unlocked and how well the network card works in Linux (since you mentioned running it). Luckily, Linux drivers for the network will only come into play if you run Linux on the laptop natively; if you run Windows on the hardware and Linux in VMs the Linux only needs to know about the VM "hardware" so there's no driver issues. Both my work HP and home Dell can boot Linux fine; I've even played around with an Android boot for the home machine. Android-x86 isn't very polished, but it was kind of fun to have a 13" Android tablet for a day.

Crucial.com has been around forever, and was/is my go-to for looking for memory upgrades. I will say that once in awhile it'll have a limit fo XGB for a device but if you do put more memory in it'll work. Granted, that was a long time ago so I'd hunt around the Google for other reports on your model before you go buy a 16GB DIMM for a machine that says it only accepts 8GB. :)

Chrome will eat whatever memory it can allocate. But in Wildcard's case, he's a developer (IIRC). At some point, I'm betting he'll need to run VMs to test code on or whatnot, that's why I'd recommend 8GB for him. Not required, but it's nice to have a couple VMs up when you need them. I find it a lot easier than installing "server" software directly on the base OS.

I think you can just go sign up and they'll give you a new number, test, and then port the exiting cell number over if it works for you. One slight "hassle" is calling out. You can either set the phone to use one number to call out all the time, or ask each time. Initially I thought "ask" would be a good solution but if you dial using your car (or probably voice recognition or whatever) you'll have to find your phone and tap which number to call out with. I ended up switching back to dialling out with my cell number all the time. On a side note, you can set Google voice to ring other numbers too, so you could have it ring your home phone or other phones in addition to your cell. And, you can call/answer via your computer (although I've had issues with it).

I didn't think to post it here, but a couple weeks ago a tornado came through Amish country 10 miles from my house. I happened to drive through a couple days later and it was crazy how many people (both Amish and English) were out cleaning up. They had a new barn framed and roofed already to house the animals that were in a barn that didn't make it. http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/community-hundreds-of-amish-helping-to-rebuild-after-tornado-damages/article_a7eea0a4-dca1-11e5-a7ec-b7c91e410a6b.html

Go out of the box and give him "NB" for noob.

Depending on how Google-phobic you are, and if your work iphone isn't restricted, you might look into Google Voice and have your existing cell number ported over. Once you install the google voice app on the phone (and maybe a bit of web-based set up), calling either number, your work or former cell, will ring your new iPhone like usual. For texts, I'm not sure how it's handled on iPhone, but on Android I have the option to handle text in the Google Voice app or they all get merged into Hangouts. When start a new Hangouts text conversation with someone, I can choose either number, and replies to incoming text are sent from the number they sent the text to. I use Google voice to have a local 610 number as well as my cell's 607 number I've had for 15 years.

That's not always the case these days. Some of the ultrabook systems have hard-soldered memory and don't take DIMMs, or only have one memory slot so you can't do 4+4GB, you'd have to buy an 8GB DIMM and replace the existing 4GB.. If you get narrowed down to a couple models, dig around on the vendor's support site and see if you can find a service manual for it. You don't really need to read it per se, but looking through the topics will hopefully give you an idea what can be upgraded and what cannot. The Dell manual for my laptop is mostly pictures anyway so it's pretty easy to follow.

They retired that number NA - sports-wide for me.

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There's a pretty good one (or was a few years ago) off Elmwood. Betty's, on Virginia just west of Elmwood.

I was out in my yard digging a hole for most of the game, I could just keep going...

I think 42 is reserved for centers. ;)