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I recently found myself having to change a files extension from '.txt' to '.cfg'.  The program I was using expected a configuration file with a very specific name including the extension.  No problem I thought as I launched the Windows Vista file manager and proceeded to right click and select rename.  I appended '.cfg' and hit enter. But now I found myself now looking at a file named 'autoexec.cfg.txt' which my program still disliked.  I proceeded to spend time looking through menus, both right click and otherwise, without success.  Windows Vista was determined to keep the files original extension in spite of my best efforts.  Searching Google revealed many sites that offered to walk me through the steps to unlock hidden fields, change folder presentation settings, and some that even offered me programs I could download for this renaming task.  Are you kidding me?  Download a program to rename a file?

Enter the command line.  What would have been a multiple step clickfest was boiled down to one command:

I like infographics. Perhaps it's the statistician in me. So just for fun, I processed my resume into a word cloud. Here is the resulting image.

I was conflicted during my recent trip to Washington DC. I hadn't been there in years and was immediately struck by the changes. Most notably, the concrete. Concrete everywhere! I'm not referring to the ground, I'm referring to the barricades that cordoned off every building, monument, and memorial. Great rings of concrete...

I took my family into Grand Rapids today to have a peek at the ArtPrize work on display. We were thoroughly swept up by the quality and expansiveness of the event. Fortunately it runs through October 10th so we have time to see more of it.

Two web services have read my blog and respectively concluded that I am 87% likely to be male with an ESTJ personality type. Let me introduce these sites and briefly explain how they work.