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Dude. I just can’t stay off the juice! Last night, I was compelled to write about my experiences with the Tassimo machine (a wedding gift from Andru and Monica Edwards). Ponzi put it on our wish list – but I really wish the machine did more. Judging from the comments we’re getting, others do as well. Consider Pastor Scott Holder’s note to me a few minutes ago:

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To add to my lengthy list of Windows Vista annoyances: what’s up with the abnormally bland boot screen?! I’m all for decreasing clutter and all, but a simple progress bar seems so incomplete (then again, so does the rest of Vista). Brandon showed me a quick trick the other night when he was helping me with one of my AMD desktops. I’ve been told that this trick should only be used on newer / faster machines. You’ll need to have administrative privileges to get ‘er working right. Either use the Run command or a CMD prompt to enter:

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