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How @purplehayz tweets

Introduction This post was started because I get asked regularly if I ever sleep. I do, typically from 10P Pacific time til about 4:30A eac...

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We bought a house

We finally bought a house in SoCal – its not as close to Los Angeles as we wanted (its in Woodland Hills), but its big and its ours; ...

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ComicCon 2009, Thursday: Pictures

My son Nathan and I attended the Thursday opening of ComicCon 2009; we had a great time, we walked the whole exhibit hall floor. I got a c...

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A bunch of pictures taken on my Blackberry phone

Just a bunch of pictures I took with my Blackberry over the last month or so; no one category deserved a separate post, so here’s a g...

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Visit to Palm Springs, Wayne Thiebaud retrospective

We visited the Palm Springs Art Museum to see the retrospective of Wayne Thiebaud titled “70 Years of Painting.”  Thiebaud be...

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Make your very own IC earring

My geekiest fashion accessory is my IC earring; I’ve made several because friends have asked (sometimes demanded!) them.  I’v...

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Paper model of Chartres Cathedral – IT’S DONE!

I bought a model to assemble of the famous Chartres Cathedral in the Cathedral gift shop, and this entry will track how I put it together. ...

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April 7th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Tilton Elementary’s Read Aloud 2005

The assembly was fantastic! The kids are always high-energy and ready to shout and clap. We were ushered into the school and taken upstairs to have bagels and juice and coffee; we also wore name tags:

Then, down to the auditorium where the kids were already rocking! Here’s the program:

Norm Bobins, president and [...]

April 4th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Body Worlds exhibit

I took today off from work to visit the Body Worlds show at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; this is a very cool show! I had a little worry that the exhibit might be too weird but it was really neat. The show is work by Gunther von Hagens, and [...]

April 3rd, 2005 by alephnaught

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Java WebStart

A variety of things around Java WebStart and the
Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP).

March 30th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Make magazine

First issue of Make arrived yesterday!

Make is a very cool magazine – its published quarterly, its dedicated to Do it Yourself (DiY), and the projects and content is just to die for! I photocopied articles on soldering (for my son) and on making a magnetic card reader. There was all kinds of great [...]

March 30th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Portable Firefox

Put Firefox on a dongle

March 28th, 2005 by alephnaught

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A Dutch Soccer Riddle: Jewish Regalia Without Jews

An article in today’s New York Times that
discusses why Ajax fans are called Jews, how some members of the community feel
that’s bad, and how the team is trying to find something to do about
it.

March 18th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Why am I interested in The Netherlands?

It was twenty years ago today…. When I first
visited Amsterdam. I love it!

March 18th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Why am I interested in Saudi Arabia?

A little background on way back when I worked in
Saudi Arabia and a few other things.

March 17th, 2005 by alephnaught

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Palm Desert March 2005

My vacation in March 2005 to Palm Desert,
CA.

March 17th, 2005 by alephnaught

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The E-Myth Manager

Title: The E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn’t Work-And What to Do About It
Author: Michael E. Gerber
Paperback: 229 pages
Publisher: HarperBusiness (April 1, 1999)
ISBN: 0887309593

Read this on my Palm Desert vacation March 2005. It was recommended by someone whose opinion I trust at work. It was worth the read. I agree with the three [...]