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What was Watergate?

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Just heard this from downstairs. My 13 year old daughter shouted to her brother: “Andy, what was Watergate?”

Plenty of Peppers

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My son Andy and I built a raised garden this spring, and Andy filled it (and a whole bunch of other containers) with peppers, tomatoes and corn. Before the g...

Optimus Mini Three Arrives…

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I received my long-awaited Optimus Mini Three a week or so ago! I was going to write a review, but there are plenty to choose from on this page. Here’s a qui...

PHD – Personal Hack Day

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Work Laptop: Set OOF message for the day – Check! Process bare minimum of work email – Check! Outlook: Alt-File-Exit – Check! ...

Links for Friday, October 6, 2006

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Google Code Search – “Search public source code.” A good friend of mine emailed me last night and said that he couldn’t find an error message that was com...

Working Fool

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Yesterday, in the course of a more or less normal working day, I sent 22 emails from my personal account and another 77 from my work account. I posted 5 entr...

Links for Thursday, October 5, 2006

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SAM: Simple Ajax Mashup Techniques – “Ajax applications can reach a wider audience by overcoming facets that make them appear isolated:“ Office 2.0 Appl...

Links for Wednesday, October 4, 2006

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Machinima: Text 100 in Second Life – “Like other peer to peer media such as blogs or wikis, virtual worlds connect people among common interests and ideas...