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About JWS :: How should I show the Classics to a Kid?
i've always wondered how to handle the aspect of showing classic shows to the kid (currently 3 and a half). we grew up (or more recently, grew older) with certain things happening in a certain order. our parents, too ( Read more... ) -
and queue the far right 'obama is a commie' outrage machine in
3...
2...
1...
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GO!
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About JWS :: Living in the Cloud
tl;dr summary: I like & use Google Drive, OwnCloud, PicasaWeb, Flickr, Amazon Cloud Player, Subsonic, PlexTV, Feedly, Pocket, Disqus, and especially Trello. I hate Amazon Cloud Drive for photos now, and rant about Adobe CC's business model. Links in the original blog...As a modern techie, I do tend to keep quite a bit of my life on the cloud (or ( Read more... ) -
About JWS :: Home
A 40-something geek (and husband and father), typical of many though I'm not much of a gamer. Professional software developer for 21 years, specializing in library design and user interfaces. Current focus is on html5 technologies. Past experience includes Java/J2EE and PHP/MySQL ( Read more... ) -
About JWS :: As we get closer...
as we get closer to the 25th, the seasonal albums that aren't just tolerable, but i absolutely love countdown...but not in any order, so nyah.- Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio
- December - George Winston
- A Celtic Heartbeat Christmas - various
- Jethro Tull's Christmas Album
- A Scottish Christmas - Maggie Sansone, Al Petteway, Bonnie Rideout. ( ( Read more... )
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About JWS :: Interview with a Dragon...
Colbert Report's Interview with a Dragon is quite possibly one of their best moments ever. Way to go out on a high note...
About JWS :: Interview with a Dragon... -
The Thriller Free Zone begins (2014 edition...)
Soundchecking - 5:30pm- Flock of Seaguls - Nightmares
- Depeche Mode's Policy of Truth
- Frankie's Welcome to the Pleasuredome
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- Eurythmics - Who's That Girl
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questions i can't post on FB without opening a s*storm #27,385
Why are the conservatives so happy about passing on this NYTimes thingy that Iraq may have actually had chemical weapons, when it would be their administration's pentagon that suppressed that information in the first place? If GWB, Inc. really wanted to save face in light of the lack of evidence for WMDs, why didn't they come forward with this 5-10 ( Read more... ) -
On "viewer discretion advised" warnings for classic cartoons
Left this on a comment at another blog, but it basically repeats something I wrote on FB when it happened ( Read more... ) -
photo blog time
Finally started a formal photography blog. Mostly "pic-of-the-day" kinda thing, where I highlight either a recent shot or one from years ago that I re-polished. Some of you know this from FB, but hey, one blog should always plug another.
A few of the shots may have actually been taken by faireraven. I try to credit correctly.