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Monthly Archives: May 2004

Make Way for Ducklings!

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Unfortunately, Mother’s Day was rainy so we didn’t go out of our way to watch the Duckling Parade. Based on Robert McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings, the parade features kids, kids, kids dressed up as baby ducks. You know that next year there’s going to be one Doodles Duck joining the parade in the Commons.

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Experimenting

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Bear with me as I try to figure out Blogger’s new features. I’m switching to their commenting format, which means I lose old comments, but I wasn’t that thrilled with my old commenting service, so it’s worth a try. But the page will probably look ugly until I sort this all out.

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Losin’ It

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Adam said last week, “There’s not going to be any panicking.” Knowing that that was as false a statement as could ever be uttered, I wrote it on the white board on our fridge. I wanted to have it, right there in front of our faces, when the statement was proven to be the absolute [...]

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G-mail Evaluation

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

So far, I’m pretty impressed by Google’s gmail. The conversation mode is terrific and the search function is amazingly fast and good. Yes, there are ads (not in the mails–in the mailbox) but they’re very well targeted. I’m impressed at what good matches they are. There are some things that I’d like changed such as [...]

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Oklahoma, Where the Wind Comes Sweepin’ Down the Plain

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Tulsa, Oklahoma. What’s there to say about Tulsa, Oklahoma? Well, for starters, that’s where we were this past weekend. Why would anyone in their right minds spend a random weekend in Tulsa? For a wedding, of course. And why would I know anyone getting married in Tulsa? Because my best buddy from high school is, [...]

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