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So those of you who know of my old huge 17″ HP laptop, I have some news.  My sister-in-law graduated highschool this past year, and she’s going to college (I know, so exciting!), so my wife and I have gifted her with the wonderful HP happy that has served me so well.  This laptop is [...]

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So, I’ve recently say that pedophiles are the worst people ever. If you live in the US, you’ve likely heard similar statements. It’s kinda crazy in the first place when you hear someone say this because–to me at least–what they’re really saying is “I am such a better person than a pedophile” or [...]

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Okay, so some of you are going to notice my transition from blog.notsosoft.net to manchicken.com for the blog. This is for two reasons. One reason is that I’m trying to attract more free software traffic with the new domain name. The other reason is that I plan on using notsosoft.net for more [...]

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Hey folks, sorry if you saw any weird errors. MySQL had a–from what I’ve been told–somewhat normal failure, and there was no data loss. I’m betting it’s just a weird transaction mishap or something. Either way, thanks to the magic of phpMyAdmin, the problem has been solved and the error is gone. [...]

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So, it seems as though my blog is Ron Paul central today, and I don’t mind. I think the exceedingly unwise political opinions of this man, Dr. Ron Paul, are worthy of as much rebuke as possible. I encourage you to read this guy’s article. It’s a little more over-the-top than I [...]

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“Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, Eminem
’s music publisher and copyright manager, has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company violated copyrights by allowing downloads of Eminem’s songs onto iPods.”
Boo hoo. Eminem is just another idiot in a long stream of idiots who is making millions of dollars in the distribution [...]

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Hey everybody, it’s summer, and as much as I love to share the software, I love to share a fantastic dessert recipe, too. Free Software, Free Recipes. Oh hell yeah.
So what I’m going to tell you about today is my grilled pineapple à la mode. This is particularly good with lighter dishes, [...]

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Here you go. Have a silly video with a hippo and a dog.

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Okay, so I’m still a dog nut. But now I’m a dog nut… WITH PICTURES! I insist that you view the photos of my dog post haste. They can be found on the left nav menu under the “Pages” item named “Penguin.”
Or you could click here.
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Okay, so my wife and I just adopted a gorgeous little doggie from the Shampoo-Banana Humane society. She’s a pit-mix and about 6 months old. She’s very playful, and best of all, her name is “Penguin.”
You heard that correctly. manchicken is getting a dog named Penguin. Oh HELL yeah. Here’s [...]

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