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We’ve been watching some of our favorite Winter Olympics events on our new LCD projector. Luge takes on a whole new dimension when it’s on a huge screen. Tonight is the men’s downhill, and that started the segment with a map of the venue, which was obviously taken from Google Earth. I did a quick … Read More “Google Earth Olympics” »
I think I’m finally getting my digital music library straightened out. I wasn’t sure I was going to like iTunes, but it’s growing on me, and I’m finding ways to organize my nearly 60 GB of audio files. Many of those files are duplicates, and though they are contained on one shared drive, they are … Read More “The Single Dilemma” »
If I still had my very first e-mail account, it would now be old enough to buy alcohol. ‘Way back then, there were some hurdles to clear before really getting into e-mail – a Commodore 64 computer, 300 baud modem, lovely text-based interface for MCI Mail, and the fact that there was absolutely no one … Read More “E-mail Etiquette?? Nothing better to discuss?” »
C-Net has reported that a provision in the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act would make it illegal to send anonymous e-mail or post anonymously on discussion forums… "Whoever…utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in … Read More “I think I’ll stay anonymous” »
Nothing is as ephemeral as a web trend. Sean Carton over at Ziff-Davis Publishing has created a list of Top Ten Web Fads that have outlived their usefulness. Below is an abbreviated synopsis, with my take on these fads:
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch,
“Who’s on First?” might have turned out something like this:
I have just spent every free minute of this weekend touring the world, courtesy of Google Earth. This has got to be the coolest program I’ve seen in a long time.
Family photos depict smiling faces: births, weddings, holidays, children’s birthday parties. People take pictures of the happy moments in their lives. Someone looking through our photo album would conclude that we had led a joyous, leisurely existence, free of tragedy. No one ever takes a photograph of something they want to forget.-Sy Parrish, One Hour … Read More “A Generation of Lost Photographs” »
I’m contemplating a drastic change. I’m thinking about chunking everything I’ve done here and moving to a new format with WordPress on the back end. It’s not a move I take lightly, and it may be a long time in coming, if it does happen at all. Overall I’ve been quite pleased with this site. … Read More “To Blog or Not To Blog” »
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