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Posted at May 13, 2008 12:32 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

As some of you may have noticed I started micro-blogging on Twitter again. I just recently setup a Wordpress plugin here to have my posts there imported automatically once per day. Pretty cool stuff.

If you’ve been watching that space you may have noticed that I recently decided to leave my position at SideStream Media. This is mostly due to the amount of time I was able to dedicate to SideStream projects. I felt I was doing the company a disservice by staying on and holding a position with any real responsibility with the lack of time I was able to invest. My official last day is going to be July 23^rd, 2008, unless we amend our partnership agreement before then. It was a difficult decision to leave, but I think in the end it will work out better for everyone.
It sounds like Jordan will be continuing on with the business, and I wish him the best. There aren’t any hard feelings on my end and I would be willing to help out on future projects.
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Why I’m Crazy: Part 1

Posted at April 16, 2008 12:50 am | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Personal, Security, Software, Work

Right, so my life currently in a nutshell.

I recently accepted an offer by Agile Web Solutions to start helping out with their support email. I’ve been doing that for about a week and a half and I love it. Their product, 1Password, is amazing. I use it all the time, and it saves me a lot of frustration and headache.
Basically the idea is you store all of your passwords in it (mainly website logins, but it also handles whatever other text data you want to secure) and it encrypts them all using OS X’s built-in keychain.
So I’ve been answering support emails for them, and continuing to help out on the support forums. I finally set myself up with a proper avatar, haha. (more…)

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Merry Christmas!

Posted at December 24, 2007 10:34 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Christmas

Wishing everyone the best.

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Sometimes Customers are Totally Unreasonable

Posted at November 10, 2007 1:28 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Customers, Work

I had a lady come in today with a gift certificate for a discount on a new computer that expired 12/06.

She wanted to buy a mouse with it. (more…)

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So… off to college soon (and more)

Posted at August 24, 2007 11:02 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: MCC, School

I just got back from chillin’ at SP’s place. Jman and I went up to meet Mark at Angio but he’d already left, so we went over and had dinner (burgers and dogs) and drinks with the Petti’s. Of course I was the designated driver…

Moving into the dorm next weekend. Working tomorrow and then heading over to Jordan’s, maybe going to record. Still working crazy hours like 45 / week. That’s crazy for me anyway, not used to that. It’s hard to schedule much else.

This Sunday I just need to not go anywhere or do anything except maybe play some World of Warcraft.

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Slower Internets?

Posted at June 7, 2007 11:07 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Annoyances, RoadRunner, Time Warner

Rochester Road Runner (Time Warner Cable) seems to be slower the last week or so. Speed tests have proven it…

Maybe I should give them a call….

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Bigger mini-LAN

Posted at April 21, 2007 1:00 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Gaming, Halo, Halo 2, Microsoft, Xbox Live

Over spring break we got together for a slightly larger LAN party.
Halo 2 multi-player was amazing, as always.

Myself, Jordan, Graham, Bill, and Steve (left to right)

(front view, names are right to left in this one)

Good fun.

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Mini-LAN

Posted at April 12, 2007 10:12 am | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Gaming, Halo, Halo 2, Microsoft, Xbox Live

I went over to Jordan’s yesterday and bought his Xbox and one of his 24 port switches.
We setup a mini-LAN and are going to get together again today (hopefully with Steve and Bill) and play some Halo 2 or something.

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Happy Easter!

Posted at April 8, 2007 6:50 pm | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Media, Minimal Perfection

Minimal Perfection #9 will be up by the end of the day today.

Did anyone get me Magic cards for easter?

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LAN PARTY ‘07

Posted at March 25, 2007 12:15 am | In Personal | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Gaming, Halo, Halo 2, Microsoft, Xbox Live

LAN party ‘07, got some mad Halo 2 going on.
Also playing Magic and WoW cards.
And whatever else.
Good stuff.
May have video later, if we get this capture card working.

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