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STOP SOPA AND PIPA

Peter Urda — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:10:42 +0000

SOPA and PIPA cripple the free and open internet. They put the onus on website owners to police user-contributed material and call for the blocking of entire sites, even if the links are not to infringing material. Small sites (such as this one that provides amazing C# material and more) will not have the sufficient resources to mount a legal challenge. Without opposition, large media companies may seek to cut off funding sources for small competing foreign sites, even if big media are wrong. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won’t show up in major search engines.

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Happy Holidays!

Peter Urda — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:37:34 +0000

I just want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thank you all for reading my articles and tutorials! Be sure to eat a ton of food and enjoy the precious time you spend with your friend and family. Also, I hope you got some pretty rad gifts!

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Peter Urda — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:03:08 +0000

Make sure you enjoy the time off from work and school as much as you can. Be sure to surround yourself with those that you love and cherish! Don’t forget to tell them how much you value them as a person and the impact they have on your life. Also be sure to eat a ton of food, drink plenty, and have a wonderful time!

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I’ve Never Really Known Anybody to Die Before

Peter Urda — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:48:44 +0000

I have been meaning to post this for some time, while it has been up on my facebook for a while I think it is high time I ~~added it to my blog~~ [imported it from my old Blogger account into my current blog]. Here is my story about a good friend of mine…

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Sometimes We Restrict Ourselves…

Peter Urda — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:22:03 +0000

When I brought up this site and started writing articles on it, I found myself to have already bound myself to a single concept and idea. Originally a lot of the drafts I have created and the articles I have published have been technology related. However as time went on, I found interesting current events that I wanted to comment or react to in this space. Being locked in to a single concept of technology tips and tricks prevented me from doing so.

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Ukigumo!

Peter Urda — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:04:54 +0000

It’s like your computer is exploding into AMAZINGNESS while you watch this. I just had to share this as soon as I found it, and the YouTube uploads of it do NOT do the animation and music justice! Reminds me of my 8-bit days…

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Merry Christmas!

Peter Urda — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:00:41 +0000

Urda here, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope you got a new gadget or two!

Not-So-Modern Warfare: The Death of Dedicated Servers

Peter Urda — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:39:58 +0000

I need to take a moment to write a bit about a recent event that has struck close to home with me. That event was the announcement of Infinity Ward taking away the Dedicated Servers from Modern Warfare 2 (MW2). If you have not fallen out of your chair yet then you a) do not grasp the situation at hand or b) are not a PC gamer (which is fine). If you do not know what is going on then here is a quick overview about this new death of Dedicated Servers, and why it matters.

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I Have a Co-Op!

Peter Urda — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:23:43 +0000

All University of Louisville Speed School engineering students participate in a five year program. As a student of this program, I must complete three semesters of co-op work within the five years of year-round engineering education. So instead of going to classes, for a given semester I spend the entire time working in an engineering position of my field. That way when I complete my education in five years I’ll leave with not only a Master’s of Engineering, but have one year of work experience in my field. Since the beginning of my Fall 2009 semester I have interviewed with many companies in the hopes that I will get an offer for co-op. Today I finally locked in my co-op position with a company here in Louisville called FacilityOne.

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So Who is This “Urda” Guy?

Peter Urda — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:36:42 +0000

Welcome to Urda’s Tech Tips! My name is Peter Urda, and I’ll be your host for the ride! Most friends call me Urda, but Peter or Peter Urda works for me too. This personal blog of mine will be a place of technology tips and tricks, insights to the world of Computers and Computer Science, and many other things to come.

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