Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 00:48:28 +0000

The canal looked lower today; the banks had more grass-free (i.e. normally below the water line) area exposed. This was confirmed at Fletcher's Landing.


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Fri Jul 15 14:14:35 EDT 2016

Ghostery is a Firefox add-on that identifies and allows you to block tracking activity - web bugs for ad networks, behavioral data collectors, and web-analytics providers. They're inviting people to take a survey. The survey site (WebMonkey) has a tracker (Google Analytics). ☹ That was reported (and blocked) by another ( Read more... )

Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:33:39

Dear Kindle Application Programmers,

Why do your applications refuse to function without access to the Internet?

Why does Solitaire need to get to the Internet? I don't need to see other people's scores. I don't need to share my scores. I should not need the Internet to play Solitaire! (Um, solitary, right? Not ( Read more... )

Sun Aug 30 14:07:38 EDT 2015

Between programs on NPR I keep hearingWith AT&T, the network is on demand, the office is mobile, and the cloud is designed for high security.
I note that we don't hear... and the cloud is secure.

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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 22:56:42 +0000


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Fri May 1 12:03:59 EDT 2015

A piece of (paper) mail arrived today addressed to the previous residents of this house. We've been here 15 years, and they were gone a while before that. That's a long time to keep stale contacts on file.

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Mon Sep 8 14:00 EDT 2014
Paul Roberts, author of "The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification" (Bloomsbury 2014) interviewed by Kojo Nnamdi Monday, Sep 8, 2014Kojo NNAMDI [host ( Read more... )

Sat Dec 22 22:19:36 EST 2012


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My co-worker from Ohio is getting very excited about Thanksgiving. He's got 20 people coming for dinner ( Read more... )

Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:50:50 +0000

Now and then I am reminded of what the Internet is like for other people. My company is having a picnic. In November. (I've been here more than 2 years, and this is the first picnic, so this is better than before.) There's an e-vite to get a head count for catering. I'm looking at it now on my office PC. There ( Read more... )