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- Derek | Friday Five | Geek
Friday Five – July 1, 2011
ByDerekFriday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post that I write for my internal Praxair blog and cross-post here. #1 – Google+ invite received, we go hands-on [Engadget] When news of Google Plus’ arrival broke today, we called the service an “all out assault on social networking.” After playing around with it for a bit,…
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- Derek | Geek | Web Design
Arbitrary website security and design
ByDerekPoorly designed websites, and arbitrary security policies peeve me. Why is it that my online banking sites never require me to change my password, but my healthcare reimbursement account site, on which I cannot do anything except look at what claims have been paid and what my balance is, now requires me to change my…
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Buffalo makes the Fortune 500
ByDerekIn case you were getting depressed by statistics about Buffalo, like population loss, tax rates, and politician approval ratings, here’s one to rejoice: Buffalo now has it’s first Fortune 500 company. M&T Bank moved it’s way up into slot number 496 of the Fortune 500, moving up from 519th place in 2006’s more expansive Fortune…
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Internet crash
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Bring on the Wal-Mart!
ByDerekNo matter where Wal-Mart attempts to go, NIMBY’s are sure to be found. Hamburg is no different. According to The Sun a group of 18 whopping people showed up at the Hamburg Planning Board meeting to protest Wal-Mart’s move to the ghost town known as Brierwood Plaza. The group cited several thinly veiled NIMBYistic concerns,…
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- Derek | Hamburg | Preservation
You give love, er, preservation a bad name
ByDerek(apologies to Bon Jovi) I ran across an editorial in The Sun the other day from another anti-Wal-Mart individual. Obviously, anti-Wal-Martites are not at all unique, but this one tries to play the preservation card. While Hamburg seems to be split on the issue of the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter, I stand firm on my belief…
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