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Merry Christmas!
ByDerekMerry Christmas from all of us to all of you! This was the photo from our Christmas card this year – taken during our annual day-after-Thanksgiving trip to Evergreen Hills Christmas Tree Farm with this year’s tree behind us.
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Friday Five – February 4, 2011
ByDerekThis week… a little bit of IT in the world of politics and a little bit of politics in the world of IT… #1 – How Egypt Turned Off the Internet [Gizmodo] “Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it,” Vodafone Egypt…
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Boo VW
ByDerekAutoblog posted pictures of the Volkswagen Tiguan Concept – the evolution of the Concept A that I wrote about before. Unfortunately, I think VW lost the cool aspects of the Concept A. The “car on steroids” look is what attracted me to it. I’m really not a fan of SUVs in general. I appreciate the…
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Friday Five – May 13, 2011
ByDerekLet’s start off with the big news of the week – Microsoft buying Skype: #1 – 5 Key Takeaways From the Microsoft-Skype Press Conference [gigaom] On the morning Microsoft made its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype official, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates held a press conference in downtown San Francisco to discuss…
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First Amendment Rights of ISPs?
ByDerekArgh. Ok, I wasn’t going to do it, but Mike seems insistent on passing this little piece of trash around the blogosphere. Here’s a lawyer who thinks that the wire, not the people who create the contents that flow through it, have free speech rights. Even if neutrality mandates made good sense, they should not…
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At the park
ByDerekAmanda and Ariella decided we were going to Emery Park for dinner last night. After dinner, we headed right to Ariella’s favorite slide.
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How was the railroad? I’ve always wanted to go but haven’t made it yet.
It’s great! It’s a slow, scenic trip (especially at this time of year). Great for kids, especially young ones.