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Saturday, February 24, 2007, at 06:34PM

Does anyone remember Burger Chef? This fast food chain was started by brothers Frank and Dave Thomas (creator of Wendy's) back in the 1960's, and was later acquired by General Foods as an experimental venture into the fast food market, which ultimately failed. The chain was later sold to Hardee's who then converted the franchise into Hardee's Restaurants. Bet you didn't know that.

Burger Chef existed long before my time. I was only a wee little lad when this business was in operation, but I do vaguely remember the Burger Chef that existed in my old hometown.

Anyway, I stumbled upon this video on YouTube for a Burger Chef Star Wars ad that once aired on TV in 1977, which should give you an idea of how old this chain was.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at 04:11PM

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In case you're wondering why various sections of the blog don't look quite right, this is because I'm in the middle of implementing a new tempate design, but I still haven't fully formatted all the various Movabletype core template files. I should have the entire process complete by later tonight or early tomorrow. My ultimate goal is to migrate over to Wordpress, but that's going to take some time to delve into.

In the meantime thanks for visting and mind the wet paint. :-)

Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 05:09PM

What's this? Open Source isn't made from galvanized code, impervious to attack? This can't be! Only Micro$oft software has vulnerabilities, right? Call me sick, but I get smile on my face every time a flaw is discovered in Linux or other notable open source software. It just further validates my long standing belief that "free" software is actually just as bad, if not worse, in terms of security and reliability as any commercial product. Security is an illusion. Every piece of software written by human hand has holes. If you don't believe me, disable your firewall in Linux and OSX and post your IP address. Then sit back and wait for vandals to have their fun with your supposedly "secure" system.

Yes, Windows may be full of holes, but at the end of the day, so is any other OS developed outside Fortress Redmond. Link

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Name: Kent Pribbernow
Occupation: Creative Professional (Web designer)

"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."

Paul Rand

  • Believe it or not, I don't own a laptop. I generally have little need for a portable, as most of my work in done primarily in front of a workstation (actually two in fact). But on the odd occasion a laptop would be a welcome accessory. So I began researching various PC laptop models on the market today, notably Apple, and came away surprised...
  • Over the Labor Day weekend I and a fellow Mac fanboy decided to pay a visit to our nearest Mecca to all things Apple...the Apple Store located at Keystone, in Indianapolis....
  • *Movie announcer voice* "In a world...where one web browser looks and works just like any other...a small company with big ideas challenges an industry with a browser unlike any before."...
  • In many ways the evolution of mobile devices reminds me so much of another great story in the evolution of mobility...the evolution of the tank in modern warfare.


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