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The Fitzgerald Theater

When the grey-matter just isn't doing what it should.

I am John T. Hoffoss of Minneapolis, MN and this is my blag [ref] wherein I discuss IT security, travel, photography, food, beer, and other topics herein referred to as "miscellaneous."

This site is cared for and fed by Twitter, Flickr, and LiveJournal.

john.t.hoffoss {at} gmail.com

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May
11th
Sun
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  • 07:43 Making coffee then heading to #MinneBar #
  • 10:39 #MinneBar the closed mindset of large organizations drives me crazy. Honeywell still can’t get sr mgmt involved, but at least they get it… #
  • 11:07 A mysterious person just walked in with a projector! #
  • 11:17 I <3 beer. #MinneBar #
  • 12:29 #MinneBar Minnesota is the Russia of the US. Cheaper, well-balanced and too notch developers. #
  • 12:33 The Midwest offers some of the best of the best in development, but we fall…
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May
10th
Sat
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  • 14:01 Meetings yesterday and today went extremely well. Very tough customers to please, and we did it! #

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May
9th
Fri
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  • 08:22 I’m all packed. Off to load the bike, then on the road to WInona. Have a good Thursday, all! #

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May
8th
Thu
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  • 12:55 I had a really nice ride on the moto this AM. Now working on de-IRCing a few systems and planning responses to some audit findings. #

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May
7th
Wed
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Bacon of Hope. In response to Merlin Mann (and Lonely Sandwich).

Bacon of Hope.

In response to Merlin Mann (and Lonely Sandwich).

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I apologize to you all.

I just dumped double or triple posts into the feed. I did not intend that. I have decided I can not do what I want to do with Tumblr, and will be looking to migrate to a “real” platform soon. Probably WordPress, but I don’t know yet. Grr.
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  • 08:15 Working from home this morning to get one report written, another reviewed, and get some planning down on paper. #
  • 08:37 I’m *really* digging the new NiN album “The Slip”…not sure why it took me so dang long to actually go get it. #
  • 08:45 Disclaimer: I own more NiN than any other except perhaps The Beatles and Johnny Cash. Aside: I’m glad I can no longer say that of Aerosmith. #
  • 09:40 Dear Google: Thanks for spending all this time neutering JotSpot when you could just…
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May
6th
Tue
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  • 10:42 Lots of motorcycles and scooters parked downtown today. So many that I had to park in a ramp. That’ll teach me for not getting in earlier. #
  • 11:24 My pics from May Day in Powderhorn: www.flickr.com/photos/minntc/tags/powderhorn/ #
  • 13:06 [Reminder] note to self (since I already knew this): Never say something that does (or may) overtly or covertly imply a woman is old. Never. #
  • 13:59 Downloading OpenSolaris to try in a VM. I’m really looking forward to playing with ZFS.
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May
4th
Sun
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  • 11:42 St the Living Green Expo with all the hippies and looking for lunch. Good times! #
  • 21:18 Bought a Belgian dubbel kit to brew tomorrow. Next one will be a wit or Belgian blonde, nice summer beers. #
  • 21:28 I think I might have let my ESB settle too much when I bottled. Not ready after three weeks, and no yeast in the bottle at all. #
  • 21:40 Unless that beer just hasn’t settled out yet. I hope I don’t end up having to dump it out… #
  • 21:48 They still launch space…
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May
3rd
Sat
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  • 07:39 Today: Meetings, phone calls, report writing. Visit family and a new baby tonight. Tomorrow is hippie-fest (Living Green Expo @ fairgrounds) #
  • 14:41 *sigh* Brightkite setup can’t detect that you left off http:// and add it for you. LEARN UI DESIGN! #
  • 16:24 It’s days like today in Minnesota that make me want to throw some clothes into a pack and head south and west. #
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