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ASCII to Hex Converter

By misbah | Published: May 28, 2008
Because you never know when you’ll need to convert ASCII to Hex it’s really handy to have a good converter. Unless you know that %7E is a tilde and %2F is a forward-slash, then I would recommend bookmarking my favorite ascii to hex converter, Centricle. Even though it sounds like something covered in the anatomy [...]
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Instant Information Devaluation

By misbah | Published: May 26, 2008
digg_url = 'http://misbah.org/2008/05/26/instant-information-devaluation/'; digg_skin = 'compact';  Information cost is a fickle animal. Ironically, information has the most value right before it’s made available to a person. This value isn’t always in the pure financial sense, but also includes the time spent to gain that information. However, as soon as the transfer of information occurs, that [...]
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New GRD Project Management Process

By misbah | Published: May 23, 2008
I recently read about a new Project Management process called “GRD”. It’s supposed to cut through all the non-essential users to streamline break-fix or emergency issue resolution. I’m still looking around for more information about this GRD Process — including what it’s an acronym for. My guess is that it stands for “Greatly Reduced *Something*”.
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April 15th

By misbah | Published: April 15, 2005
Ahh yes, good old April 15th. We all know what today is…the day the Titanic sank. Rose, don’t let go of Jack’s hand…or else you won’t be able to have kids to claim as dependents. And filing jointly…forget about it! What? What? What’s wrong with making pop-culture references from eight years ago? When you are [...]
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President’s Day

By misbah | Published: February 21, 2005
Today is President’s Day. This holiday commemorates the President sailing the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria around the world and landing on Plymouth rock on this day – also his birthday – in 1776. He then chopped down a cherry tree using his wooden teeth, and signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Yeah…that sounds about right. I [...]
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