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Technology

My precious

I wasn’t expecting any Christmas presents, as we had all agreed we wouldn’t exchange any this year. It was both a surprise and delight, then, to get a box of chocolate covered cherries (a favorite) in a pretty Christmas bag with a card containing a check to be used for an iPod. My finances are […]

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Critters

Obliquely yours

After the last post, Zoë begged pardon and informed me that …cats are never assholes; it must be something indulged in by lower life forms, like humans. And dogs. I told her the post was about tolerance, and the importance of humor and having a sense of perspective. She rolled her eyes at me and said, […]

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Photography Places

Philosophy

I renewed my Botanical Garden subscription as a Christmas Present to myself. I wasn’t going to renew it; I had planned on trying new walks next year. But the Botanical is a place of sanctuary for me — especially in the winter when I can have the place to myself. Yesterday, though, there were dozens […]

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Weblogging

Six year olds

As most people exposed to children know, six years of age is a difficult time. You never know what a six year old will do. Congratulations, then, to Dave Rogers on his weblog’s 6th birthday. May you have as much fun with your six year old, as others do with theirs.

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Web

Web 2.0

Jeneane Sessum is writing on Web 2.0 stuff. To her I say Blog! Oh, geez that felt so good! But I digress. Jeneane writes about Web 1.0 and 2.0 terminology and says you can’t have consensus on the web. That’s an excellent point. We had agreement about the web. We agreed on the tech, the naming schema, the hardware, the […]