December 2007
The Archives
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Technology
This Blog is Using Yahoo! Shortcuts
As a fan of most things Yahoo!, I have decided to try out their “Shortcuts” widget to enhance this blog. Here’s how the Y! team themselves describe the service: As you compose your blog post, the Shortcuts plugin looks for content related to what you are writing about. A Shortcut may lead your reader to [...]
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Cycling
Social Networking for Cyclists
I heard about a new social networking site focused around cyclists that’s named “bicipeople“. Since I kicked around the idea of building such as site at one point, I raced over an signed up. It’s not half bad. The design is better than most of the social networking sites floating out there (e.g default Drupal [...]
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Technology
The First Computer Arrives
I previously wrote about how my Mother-in-law was getting her first ever experience with computers. We are giving her a hand-me-down laptop, a new printer and DSL service with WiFi for Christmas 2008. Well, the moment of truth came yesterday when she opened the laptop’s lid and turned it on for the first time. Although [...]
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Technology
Windows Mobile Versus iPhone
I am so torn over my mobile device. I have been using an AT&T 8525 running Windows Mobile for the last year and overall, I love it. At the same time, there are some limitations and the iPhones that everyone in the office flaunts around are pretty damn attractive. I’ve been building a mental list [...]
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General
The Best Gift is What You Already Have
Yesterday I heard a quote from Garrison Keillor: “Somewhat luck lies in not getting what you wanted this Christmas season, but what you already have which is what you needed all along if you’d only known”. This really resonated with me. So here it goes, my mushy Christmas blog post I’m bad at this kinda [...]
