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Happy Holidays to All!

December 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I hope you’re all having a wonderful holiday season.  Here’s to a great 2008.

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Tags: On My Mind · Personal

Young Readers…

January 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Our Librarian just asked us for a picture of us as a kid and a book that we remember reading… I forwarded it to her, but thought it would be fun to share.
I remember lots of Dr. Seuss when I was a kid: Especially Yertle the Turtle.
Here’s my picture:

This is my dad [...]

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New Years Resolutions…

January 1st, 2007 · No Comments

1. Spend as much time with my family as possible. I learn from my wife and kids each day more than I could ever learn from any other group of people.
2. Keep blogging, webcasting, and reflect on my learning as much as possible. This reflective part of my life has become [...]

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Happy Holidays!

December 23rd, 2006 · No Comments


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Testing Google Picasa Web Albums…

August 14th, 2006 · No Comments

I’m always interested to see how new software works, and being a Picasa user, I jumped at the idea of beta testing Google Web Albums. So here goes… It’s not Flickr, but there is potential — Very simple, and for most folks, that works.

2006-06-23-TwoWeeks

Jun 11, 2006 - 11 Photos

That’s Evan, by the [...]

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Week in Review…

May 16th, 2006 · No Comments

What a crazy few weeks…. Things at home have been nuts. Tara had a trial yesterday so she was been working after the kids went to bed every night for the last week. Last night was the first night I had more that 5 continuous hours of sleep in probably 4 weeks. [...]

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Google “Your Name” = Your Resume… or Your Life

April 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Two podcasts I listened to this weekend brought up the concept of Googling to find information about someone, especially during job searches. NCQ Talk’s Kris went as far as to say that Googling your name could be your actual resume. At Weblogs, Wikis, and Feeds — Oh My! they discussed that anyone can [...]

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Motomail

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

My cousin is a Marine in Iraq on his second tour. There is a service called motomail that is really cool. You write your letters and submit them electronically through their web site. Then someone prints the letter in Iraq and hand delivers it to my cousin. Great for keeping [...]

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