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The video online crap shoot

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The premise sounds good: rather than subscribe to a cable or other video service, access movies and television shows via the internet using either our computers, or specialized set top boxes. I bought into the concept when early last year I purchased an AppleTV, followed up by purchases of not […]

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Photography Places

In and around Missouri

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The best time to go for a drive in the country in Missouri is late Sunday afternoon, and yesterday I spent several hours wandering around Highway 94. This road is a mix of old and new, and very unique — from the open bar that attracts bikers in Defiance, to […]

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Writing

The Trees have Eyes

The weather was fine, just right for biking along the Katy Trail. The heat spell earlier in the week had broken, just a little, and though sweat was still forming a track down her back, a slight breeze sent cool fingers up her spine. Unlike the first two days of her trek, when the heat […]

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Technology

Kindle Versions

On Groundhog Day, I’ll have had my Kindle for a year. I’ve been working on an anniversary review of the device, which will get posted either to the Frugal Algorithm or Secret of Signals. Or perhaps a bit in both, not sure. The buzz about the Kindle now is that a 2.0 version is coming […]

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Social Media

Hiring the critic

f I had known Sitepoint would be hiring I may have held back from telling the lead designer that he’s full of bull. He was full of bull, though, with his exhortation to XHTML users to grow up. Still, another opportunity lost. There is no room in this economy for the critic. At least, not unless one is […]