Category: Personal
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Christy and I were very lucky to receive a $100 gift certificate in the mail a couple of weeks ago thanks to the fine folks at RSVP San Diego. The gift certificate was for Romesco Baja Med Bistro in Bonita, CA. Other than Google maps giving is bad directions because…
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Dann Sheridan had an interesting observation recently about a potential Google Earth advertising opportunity. It triggered my memory on a question I had a while back that was similar. My thought was based on noticing that Google 3D Warehouse City Collection has a good number of virtual buildings built by…
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I have to echo Reel Reviews Radio’s recommendation for the movie Thank You For Smoking. Based on the podcast review, I ordered it from the library on Thursday and picked it up on Friday. Christy and I watched it on Friday night. It was very enjoyable and funny.
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I’d like to announced that I am going to be joining fellow FriendsInTech.com member Douglas E. Welch, host of the excellent Career Opportunities podcast, for a Talkshoe Talkcast on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 9PM EDT/6 PM PDT. The subject of the Talkcast will be a re-cap from my recent…
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+ Collaboration, Current Affairs, DIY, Ideas, Media, Personal, Personal Development, Podcast, Podcasting, Technology+ Career Opportunities, conference, DouglesEWelch, effective, FriendsInTech, manager, Manager-Tools, Talkcast, Talkshoe+
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I haven’t been following this story very closely but I just read this article at CNN because it had a picture of Rusty Hodge (Grove Salad) who does Soma.fm which I do enjoy from time from time. It looks like some changes in the royalty business and regulatory oversight that…
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I attended an Edward Tufte conference in San Diego back on January 29, 2007, and I have uploaded my conference notes in PDF format. I have to highly recommend this conference/workshop. Great stuff!
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For the last 6 years or so, I have been very observant about my workplace ergonomics, especially related to typing, since as an IT professional my ability to type is a key requirement. I’ve invested both at home and at work in great keyboards, chairs, desk layouts, and Handeze gloves…
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I was shocked to learn that our 2006 family and kids Christmas pictures we took at JCPenny have digital rights management (DRM) features that makes it relatively impossible to scan into a visually usable graphics file using a recently purchased scanner. When I scan them on my HP C3100 I…
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The very talented members of FriendsInTech (FIT) have put together another special Christmas podcast that should be out on Dec. 18, 2006 over at FriendsInTech.com. This original story and production highlights "Lucky the reindeer and his friend Herbert’s adventure to find the Island of Misfit Geeks and save Christmas for…
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