Information Syndication

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Many of my friends keep up to date on my personal status.  Some see it on Facebook, some see it on this blog, some see it where I updated it.  I update my status via Twitter.  I do this on…
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Streaming Netflix

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We’ve had a Netflix account for a while now.  I forget what we pay.  But, we receive DVDs in the mail, watch them, send them back and then others arrive.  We logon to the Netflix site and constantly keep a…
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A Country Funeral

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This past Monday we went to the funeral for my wife's grandmother.  Her name was Lassie Payne.  She turned 89 on January 10th.  It just so happens that's my birthday.  http://www.accessnorthga.com/access/obituaries.php?m=detail&id=33639 If you haven't been to one of these events…
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Damn, that’s fast!

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I sent off my MacBook Pro this past week to Apple to be repaired.  I purchased this machine in the spring.  Somehow, I needed to have the "top case" and the keyboard replaced.  Apple sent out a box to me…
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Another Mac in the Family

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I bought a MacBook Pro 15″ earlier this year.  Great machine.  But, even the greatest can have problems.  Seems that since June or so, the keyboard and trackpad would quit responding.  I tried everything.  Archive and install, erase and install. …
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Technology Utility

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I took a trip this past weekend to the sticks.  I used a driver to get me there (that’s right, a driver, I’m not in the US).  I brought with me my Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2 compact speaker unit.  Of…
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OK, this is cool!

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I downloaded yesterday the draft bill of the ‘‘Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008’’.  All the news sites had it posted the moment Congress posted it here:  http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/ayo08c04_xml.pdf.  Sure, secrets and national security items cannot be made available to all,…
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