So yes, here I am again. As you can see, things look a bit different around here. I was having some troubles with the backend of my website, so I decided to just upgrade it to the latest version of the posting software that controls entries, archiving, layout, etc. Specifically, in the [...]

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I’m going to do the short version of this as I just can’t find the energy to write. I’ve seen other people do this successfully, so I’ll try my hand at it. I haven’t written much lately, but this is what I’ve ben up to in no particular order except as they come [...]

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It’s been so long since I wrote (OK, less than two weeks, but still) that I scarcely know where to begin. So much has happened, and for once, I actually want to talk about a lot of it, but I can’t find the motivation to really get into it at length now, so I’ll [...]

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Indeed, there is much to discuss.
Firstly, I would like to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox v1.0. Nineteen months of development, more than a dozen pre-release test builds, and millions of testers worldwide have culminated in the best web browser that’s available on the Inetrnet today. It has built-in popup blocking, it doesn’t [...]

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Oddly enough, I’ve been noticing when I leave my apartment each morning that it’s been lighter out than it was the morning before. Now, I understand that with the time change and all the daylight hours have been messed up, but it’s been my experience that the morning after the time change and the [...]

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The Republic of Darter
“Live free, or don’t.
UN Category: Scandinavian Liberal Paradise
Civil Rights: Excellent
Economy: Reasonable
Political Freedoms: Average
The Republic of Darter is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its compassionate population of 16 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level social equality free of the usual accompanying government corruption.
The large [...]

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OK, so I stand corrected about one thing from my last post: Oregon isn’t entirely absentee balloting, but it’s entirely mail in. Of course, that means that no one’s at the polls, so in my mind, they’re all absentee. See? I’m still right Dad.
The outcome of the election was about as I [...]

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My weekend went just about as expected, and I ended up being fairly inactive through most of the time. Then again, that *had* been my prediction.
Friday found me feeling sick after eating a whole loaf of bread by myself, though in all honesty the loaf wasn’t that big. I’ve picked up a few [...]

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Yesterday I got up about 15 minutes earlier, left a bit earlier than I normally do, and I dropped my car off at the dealership to have the scheduled service done on it. Normally I would just take it in to someplace local to have the oil changed, but since it’s a factory-certified used [...]

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Last week I came across a deal online where Dell was offering substantial savings on its line of laptops. Now, normally I wouldn’t want to spend that much for a laptop (and indeed, I’ve been pricing laptops for the last year and a half at around $1500), but since the quarter was coming to [...]

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Complete and total overload.
I think that would best categorize my weekend, sadly. I wanted to take the opportunity of an enormous amount of free time in order to play my game City of Heroes and accomplish several goals, but I didn’t pay attention to time and I found myself lost in the game Friday [...]

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I realize that I’ve been awfully quiet lately, but it just boils down to me not having a whole lot to say. This past week my mind has been elsewhere, and despite my plans to the contrary I just never got around to writing. When you’re distracted by something else, you just can’t [...]

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Today I test the limits of my iPod’s battery. I plan on finding out just how long I can listen to it in a row as I work today, and with my boss out of the office I don’t have to be careful about being seen with it. It’s not that I’m breaking [...]

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I was quite disappointed to see that Christopher Reeve died this past weekend. Superman is probably the first superhero movie I can ever remember seeing, even though my memories of the second and third are probably stronger since I saw them later. But given how I turned out in life–that is, a movie [...]

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I was accused yesterday of writing depressing blog entries. What can I say? I write what I feel.
This past weekend I was happy to see that TNT was airing the “From the Earth to the Moon” miniseries, all 12 parts of it. This series was first aired in about 1997 or 1998, [...]

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