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  • iRead giving me the business

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    It’s bad enough that Jeanne has been getting on me for how long it’s taking me to read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, but now the facebook app iRead is, too! Dear Ben, We noticed that you have marked as ?Reading It? on Books iRead. Are you still working on it? We…

  • Nice suit

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    I found this picture of me the other day.

  • Super Tuesday! NJ Primary Voting Rules

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    So, you want to vote in tomorrow’s primary election? Here is how (source): 1. Are you registered to vote? Yes: Good. No: You can’t vote in tomorrow’s primary, but use this as a good reminder and register! 2. Have you voted in a primary before? Yes: You can vote for your declared party. If you…

  • Open Mic @ The Auction House

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    It took me a few months, but I finally made it out to the new open mic that is literally about 2 blocks from my house.? Audubon’s Auction House on Merchant Street now has a weekly open mic night on Wednesdays hosted by Russ.? There were about 50 people there! I ended up going on…

  • Odd Man In Bug List

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    I’m gearing up for a big update on Odd Man In.? If you know of any bugs, leave them in the comments here and I’ll make sure they get added.

  • Business Opportunity

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    Wired has an article this month on 33 Things That Suck.? I thought this was a great list of things that need solving.? Sure, no one is going to solve air travel delays, but whiteboards?? Evite?? Get on it people.

  • You know what would be awesome?

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    If in India they played Sitar Hero.

  • How to Handle a Service Failure

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    I recently mentioned my extensive use of tadalist, created by 37 Signals, as part of GTD. Tadalist is a free project, but they have a number of web based paid project management programs such as BaseCamp. They had a two hour downtime today and posted the following messages to keep customers updated.   Despite having…

  • Vineland Music Festival

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    Has anyone heard about this?? They seem to be keeping the list of bands a secret, but if it’s any good I might go.? Interestingly enough I’ve had to go to Vineland twice for work this week to the Progresso plant down there.

  • Getting Things Done

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    I heard about David Allen’s Getting Things Done a long time ago and I procrastinated in getting it.? It sounded like a system I could use, since my day usually consists of handling (and keeping track of!) a thousand tiny tasks.? I got the book for Christmas and according to my wife it’s the best…

  • Best Of

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    I’ve added a new link section on the right for some of the best posts on bengarvey.com.? After looking through them for a while I realized I have been doing this site for a long frickin time.? Got any suggestions for best posts I’ve missed?? Disagree with any of my pics?

  • Happy Days

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    When I was a kid and watched Happy Days, I honestly didn’t realize it was a retro-show. I thought it was filmed in the 50s and reflected the times. That makes me feel somewhat moronic.

  • The Sneeze

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    I can’t believe I only recently found out about The Sneeze. Yeah, I’d read Steve, Don’t Eat it but it wasn’t until The Face that I started checking out all the back posts. Some of my favorites are: The Great Pizza Orientation Test Global School Yard Rhymes Freaky Franks

  • Sopranos Finale

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    Note:? It’s been weeks since I first watched the last episode of the Sopranos and I’ve been working on this post forever.? It’s taken me forever to write it and I may edit it later, but for now, here it is! Journey? At this point I have to take a second look at everything I’ve…

  • The Face

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    I loved the saga of a man searching for the origins of a cartoon face drawn by his father for years. I couldn’t see the face until the very end.

  • Happy New Year

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    The decade really is almost over now! I turn 30 this year, so that should be fun. I didn’t buy a ton of new CDs this year, but my favorite album of 2007 was definitely Boxer by The National.

  • Merry Christmas

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    It’s always fun when your Christmas tree falls over.? I wish I had gotten a picture, but I was a little frustrated. hah.

  • Open Mic @ Studio Luloo

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    Last night I stopped by Studio LuLoo’s open mic again and had a nice time. Mark Rice was the featured artist and he had a nice mellow sound. So mellow a guy near me passed out on the couch. Hah. A guy named Pat rocked a version of Mayonnaise by Smashing Pumpkins and I think…

  • Antarctica

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    Jeanne’s Dad sent over these awesome pics from his ongoing Antarctic adventure. He’s working at the McMurdo station.   I don’t know if the seal is alive or not. Update: Welcome 700level readers!

  • Odd Man In issues

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    I fixed an Odd Man In game that was busted for a few weeks. My apologies to everyone in that game. I think the game update script was interrupted causing the round to be halfway over and freezing the game.