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Entries from February 2007

Going Wired-Less

February 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

It is not uncommon for us to discuss and debate technology trends in my department, and as an avid user of Google Docs (bias alert), I was alarmed at this article which Scott emailed to me from Wired News. It takes on the appearance being an evaluation of Google Apps and Microsoft Office, but [...]

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Tags: Daily Grind · Web2.0

Facebook Rants

February 16th, 2007 · 12 Comments

My theme for late on here has been for posting pet peeves.  It seems that blogs are good for either disseminating innovative and useful information (of which I have none) and for ranting.  So onward we go.
Facebook.  One of the more awesome things to happen on the internet in recent history, and definitely the Most [...]

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Tags: Daily Grind · Events/ Announcements · Internet

On Christian Perfection

February 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Upon reading A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, Julie turns to me and asks,
Who do you think is cooler, me or John Wesley?
You, Julie.  You’re cooler.

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Tags: Daily Grind · Good Times

DMV Episode III

February 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

As of 11:15am on February 3rd, 2007 AD, I have made NINE trips to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Or, as they refer to it out here, the Department of Revenue. For historical purposes, I will forthwith call it ‘DMV.’ I first went to the DMV about 18 months ago to get [...]

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Tags: Daily Grind

Pet Peeve #17

February 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments

Averages given as ranges. For example,
The average cost of a computer is about $500 - $700.
That is not an average.  Now if I had said “What is cost of a new computer within one standard deviation of the mean?”  It would be a totally different story.  (That was for Kindra and Brooksie).  In conclusion, [...]

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Tags: Daily Grind · Events/ Announcements