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Here we are, at the end of a long, action-packed three-day weekend. Jen and I spent Friday through Sunday in New York City, running from party to party and park to park. After waking up at 6:30am Friday morning, working full days, and traveling by auto and train to Grand Central, we met up with […]

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Mozilla creates better software than Microsoft, there’s no question about that. Yet somehow I always find myself stuck in a world of Internet Explorer and Outlook. That’s because, like most folks, much of the corporate world and the software and systems built around it are Microsoft-centric. I’ve had Firefox 0.8 installed on my PC for […]

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Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors. He has an excellent and eye-opening commentary on the scary, power-hungry time and country in which we live. But his message is clear: Despite corrupt leadership, each of us can and should make a difference, however small, while we’re on this planet, to work toward effecting change. […]

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Just as public support for Bush’s action in Iraq hits an all-time low, there’s this big announcement about a terrorist strike in America this summer. Political weapon? I wonder if the terror alert will suddenly rise to red around late October, early November. Al Qaeda prepared to strike ‘hard’ at U.S., officials warn / ANALYSIS: […]

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Onscreen italics is hard on the eyes. Sites like Slashdot use italics everywhere, which makes me reluctant to visit. I’d probably spend more time on Slashdot were it not for the italics. It’s simply a strain on my eyes. I have no problem with italics in print; it seems that some font styles just weren’t […]

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I just wrote my last rent check (hopefully) ever. What a liberating feeling. No more giving away money to someone else without any benefit besides immediate shelter (OK, I guess that is one of the basic human needs). But anyway, so we enter our final month as renters… Still lots to do/plan/coordinate with the closing/move/travel […]

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A selection from Vassar’s 140th Commencement Address by Samuel L. Jackson: Robert Kennedy never lived to see apartheid fall, but he believed that it was possible. People around the world stood up and joined forces and justice triumphed. The defenders of the status quo would prefer that we not be let in on the secret: […]

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If you’ve ever done a Google search for “fly” you may have come across a relaxing, Zenlike form of entertainment, Fly Guy. It’s sort of like a video game, but not. There doesn’t seem to be much of a purpose, besides controlling a flying man who dances in the clouds, drinks champagne, and eventually finds […]

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Today Jen and I have begun packing to prepare to move into our 5th residence in as many years. This move marks the first into a house that will be ours, of course, so in many ways, it’s more significant than every other move we’ve done together to date. We’ve only packed about 10 boxes […]

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Business > Your Money > Market Week: As Mortgage Rates Rise, Dreams Are Downsized” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/business/yourmoney/16mark.html?ex=1085284800&en=c79f86468efe4193&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE”>The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Market Week: As Mortgage Rates Rise, Dreams Are Downsized: “HOME shoppers have been losing purchasing power week by week because of the surge in mortgage interest rates. Eventually, that should take […]

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