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Archive: May, 2001

May 23, 2001

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Amazingly and coincidentally, both my mother-in-law and one of my nephews were in the hospital today. One was in for an endoscopic exploratory, the other for corrective limb surgery. I am pleased to report that everyone is doing fine, thank you very much. Our household will be resting much better tonight than yesterday evening, let … More

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May 23, 2001

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Shut up your sniggering Mike. Somehow, this is partially your fault.

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May 23, 2001

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Ah, the road of leisure I have chosen. This afternoon, I tackled the daunting task of unpacking part of the seemingly endless pile of cartons, boxes, and file folders that came home after I finished up at EyeWire. A goodly chunk of the disjecta membra consisted of a tangled snake-heap of cables that just seemed … More

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May 22, 2001

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e-thanasia   n. :The act or practice of pulling the plug on a dot-com company or a website of traditional company. Mad props to Jane for coining this golden boy.

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May 20, 2001

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For those of you who are not Canadian in persuasion or ilk, you may very well be contorting your various facial crags wondering what the heck a “Front Page Challenge” is. Well, since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has seemingly obliterated any historical evidence of this particularly white bread slice of television history, I humbly present … More

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May 20, 2001

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Last night, with a house full of family and friends, we celebrated a very special occasion just a little bit early. Today, it was made official…

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May 18, 2001

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Does anyone else find the concept of AOL for Mac OS X hovering ludicrously close to this side of moronic? Sure, let’s slap the online equivalent of a decomposing roadside attraction on top of the industrial-strength underpinnings of Darwin. Thank goodness someone out there is releasing genuinely useful applications for OS X to balance out … More

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May 18, 2001

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Well, at least they’re not bitter about it.

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May 17, 2001

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By the way, BBEdit has been revbumped again. Get on it.

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May 17, 2001

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… and how come Rachel gets her mail at night?

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