My grandmother died today. I was pretty lucky that I got to live so close to my grandma when I know that so many other people don’t really get to know their grandparents very well. Grandma lived a quarter mile away and was our nearest neighbor. It seemed odd if we didn’t see her at [...]
Subtle Stories
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Aug 212009
Those who really, really know me, know I have a special place in my heart for comic strips. I grew up on reading Peanuts books, often getting them from the library two or three at a time, re-reading many of them over the course of growing up. I identified with Charlie Brown, Linus and the [...]
Number 100
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Aug 192009
As a sort of anniversary, I’d like to point out that this as my 100th blog post on this site. I started the blog on September 24th in 2005. So, nearly four years later (and a whole year off), I am at the magical number of 100. Not impressive numbers, but at least I should [...]
Something New
Technology, Thoughts
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Aug 182009
Ah, technology. The sometimes bane of my life, but who am I kidding…it does put food on the table. But I’ve often wondered what actually makes useful technology and what is just a waste of time. I had thought Twitter to be pretty useless, yet here I am, using Twitter, enjoying it and wondering why [...]
Technological Confidence
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Aug 172009
This was something I wrote after a bad, bad week at work. Late Friday, in fact. Things have gotten better… I’ve completely lost my edge. After so many years of working with and in technology, staying ahead of the curve and being generally “on top of things”, I’ve lost it. In the years that I’ve [...]
Our espresso machine has been broke for a couple of weeks. Yes, yes. I can hear the ironic gnashing of teeth from my comfy chair now with everyone just wondering what the devil I will do without a latte. No, seriously. This has really thrown a wrench into my mornings. For three years, I’ve pretty [...]
