2011-04-10

Life in the Garden Part 46: Northwest Flower and Garden Show 2011

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Somehow it survived and once February rolled around it was again time for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show . The last serveral Christm...
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2011-04-08

Libyan economy Versus Egyptian economy

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Since I've been exercising more lately, I have more chance to listen to my podcasts, even if some of them are a month or more older by n...
2011-04-01

New Character Class in Next Version of WoW: The Hermit

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It has now leaked out that the next character class in WoW will be the long awaited Hermit. A spokesperson said, "The Hermit really l...
2011-03-27

A SXSWi Moment

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As I walked along 6th Street in Austin during SXSWi, I could hear the strains of band after band pouring through the open windows and mixin...
2011-03-25

Shatner-Palooza: 80 Awesome Things for 80 Awesome Years

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William Shatner celebrated his 80th birthday this year, which is kind of mind-boggling. There's is something about Shatner that defies a...
2011-03-22

Qantas crew objects to Team?

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Qantas has a new safety video for its A380 passengers.  It feature John Travolta and is raising objections from Qantas employees. Acco...
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2011-03-19

Is it okay to ask if Maru is okay?

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Maru is a chubby, adorable Scottish Fold cat who lives in Japan.  He's clumsy and has an affinity for jumping in and out of boxes.  Beca...
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2011-03-16

When it's time to leave

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On Monday night I went to the Microsoft IE 9 Launch Party.  They rented out the Austin City Limits Moody Theater in Austin, TX.  There were ...
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2011-03-12

Education and Redesign

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I attended a panel discussion on how technology cna improve education and decrease complaints from kids that they are bored in school. It s...
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2011-03-08

Tokyo Travels Part 22: The Prostitutes

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This post is part of a series describing a trip I took in May, 2010. Note: This post does deal with prostitutes (whom I did not hire -- l...
2011-03-06

Twitter traffic helps actual traffic

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Here and interesting short story from the Seattle PI: When Michael Micheletti's car stalled in the center lane of Interstate 5, he do...
2011-03-01

Problem with a QR Code

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QR Codes are starting to appear on signs, products, business cards and ads in the US. They've been extremely popular in other parts of...
2011-02-27

Tokyo Travels Part 21: Conrad Tokyo

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When we stayed in Tokyo, we stayed in what would be considered a luxury business hotel. Rooms at the Conrad Tokyo regularly sell for $40...
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2011-02-25

Spam Fail

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I found this in my inbox.  And after I put down my burrito, I thought it was good for a laugh. Hey there, I've been searching for p...
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2011-02-23

Fix "This disk is offline because it has a signature collision with another disk"

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I try to be diligent about backing up my data. After all, there are only tow types of computer users: Those who have lost data Those who ...
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2011-02-21

Riot Control

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I'm starting to get caught up on the "Stuff You Should Know" podcast .  It's a frequently updated show where two host disc...
2011-02-19

Book Review 64: The Graveyard Book

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“For good or for evil -- and I firmly believe that it is for good -- Mrs. Owens and her husband have taken this child under their protection...
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2011-02-16

Tokyo Travels Part 20: Tower Records

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I got back to the hotel after my first night in Shibuya, and showed the GF my pictures.  She saw this one, her eyes lit up, and she made and...