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Nov 30, 2011, 4:40 pm
This is my fourth (and final) blog post assignment for my Journalism course. It's kind of an op-ed in its own right, though not something I was likely to bother writing about if not for the assignment.
Back in September, at its f8 conference, Facebook announced a new kind of app, with the ability t... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2011, 7:03 pm
This is my third blog post assignment for my Journalism class. I went for the reflection option this time instead of the news topic option because I had something to say about my experiences with the class in the last two weeks.
As I've worked to find people I can interview for my feature article, ... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 12:00 pm
This is my second blog post assignment for my Journalism course. As with the first, reposted here because "why not".
The New York Times' "Bits" blog published an article last Tuesday that really opened my eyes. The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School released data on what informa... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2011, 10:18 pm
I wrote this for my Journalism class at college, but figured I might as well share it here too.
The New York Times ran a story Monday about a new lawsuit filed against HathiTrust, a partnership of universities and research libraries that maintains a digital book collection on its website.
Plaintif... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2011, 8:48 pm
It took quite a while—more than two years since launching in March 2009—but Google Voice finally supports exporting!
I'd love to think my export format ideas post had something to do with the end product released yesterday, but I seriously doubt it.
Sort of...
Let's just say, Google Takeout i... Comment - Like
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Jun 10, 2011, 6:26 pm
I recently read a headline in the Minneapolis Star Tribune featuring an unfortunate wolf at the Minnesota Zoo.
The story went that this 8-year-old male Mexican gray wolf—an endangered species—escaped from his1 enclosure through a gap in the fencing of the keeper's area. He proceeded halfway aro... Comment - Like
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Jun 7, 2011, 6:55 pm
Use NET10 and need more airtime? Buy my 2075 minutes on Amazon or Craigslist! Alternatively, contact me with an offer
I've been using NET10 as my cellular carrier for nearly two years. I got their most basic phone (the LG 300G) at a Wal-Mart in Colorado Springs, CO, in June 2009 and have been payin... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2010, 1:49 pm
I've done some playing around with the citywide Wi-Fi here in Minneapolis, and I must say that the range of information accessible through the Civic Garden feature (which allows even non-subscribers access to City-related sites) is impressive.
However, while I understand that the whitelist of "free... Comment - Like
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Dec 29, 2010, 5:58 pm
Wow, has it really been almost seven months since I last published? Blog fail! I figured I should get this post, at least, out the door before 2011. It was mostly written in September, so there might be some things that are no longer true. The vast majority of the text, though, is not publish-date... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2010, 4:51 pm
Four and a half years ago (give or take a few days), I started blogging on what was then known as MSN Spaces. My first post—just a few sentences about Wi-Fi issues I had with my Pocket PC—went up on March 27, 2006.
Since then I've gone from writing a few dozen words to writing a few hundred wor... Comment - Like
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Jun 2, 2010, 2:05 pm
Google Voice was released over a year ago, and I've been using it as my primary phone number since switching from its predecessor, GrandCentral, which I'd used since 2006 (also as my primary phone number).1 In the time since making the switch, I've seen the interface revised more than a little—the... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2010, 8:27 pm
OK, I've about had it with ATMs. It's bad enough that some of them charge ridiculous $2 and $3 (or more) fees for transactions, but at least when you're making a withdrawal they tell you about it. Always.1
So imagine my surprise when I logged into my bank's website today to find a $2 fee from US Ba... Comment - Like
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May 20, 2010, 4:52 pm
The students of Saint Bernard's School put on a fine production last week. After starting a theatre program eleven years ago, the school is shutting down this year (like Folwell Middle School, where I played Cinderella) and I think the year's ending with a decent bang.
As with Carnival!, playing By... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2010, 6:16 pm
So, all that studying of lines and mental review of songs and dances actually came to something. In our intense 80-minute performance, we also conclusively proved that more rehearsal makes for a better show. The three hours we spent before the show working through and fixing stuff was probably the m... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2010, 7:00 pm
Three weekends of funny later, the Morris Park Players' production of Cinderella is over. Set strike for the show was Monday. Next on their agenda is packing up all their equipment; the school they've performed at for 25 years—Folwell Middle School—is closing at the end of the year, and so it's ... Comment - Like
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May 1, 2010, 4:39 pm
The other day, I was browsing the computer shelves at a local Border's book store. I came across Cliff Stoll's acclaimed book, The Cuckoo's Egg. My dad's recommended the story to me in the past, and the premise was intriguing. After all, who wouldn't want to read a non-fiction account of cyber espio... Comment - Like
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Apr 30, 2010, 2:28 pm
Looks like having my credit card number stolen hasn't had too bad an effect on my life. I received and activated my replacement credit card about two weeks ago. Also, in the interim, I found out that my dad had one of his cards disabled, too.
The people who called my dad about his card explained th... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2010, 4:24 pm
It's a few days late, but here's the official announcement of Voyagerfan5761 version 1.9. There have been some minor updates made to this version, but not a lot of major changes.
The most significant updates are in /experience/work/, where several new files have been added to reflect the program's ... Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2010, 3:42 pm
I started writing this on August 22, 2008. I should have started about twenty days earlier and finished at least by the end of the year, but I'm really not good with publishing these things on time, am I? Oh well. unfortunately. This one's for you, Margaret. I've preserved as much of what I initia... Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2010, 3:42 pm
I started writing this on August 22, 2008. I should have started about twenty days earlier and finished at least by the end of the year, but I'm really not good with publishing these things on time, am I? Oh well. unfortunately. This one's for you, Margaret. I've preserved as much of what I initia... Comment - Like
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Apr 15, 2010, 11:45 am
So. Last Friday afternoon I got frantic calls from both my Falcon office and my bank. Some jerk stole my credit card information and tried to buy $1,300 worth of jewelry1 with it on Wednesday. Nice try. It set off the fraud alert.
It helped that on Thursday, I tried to renew my cell phone's air... Comment - Like
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Apr 11, 2010, 2:21 pm
A while back, I complained about an annoyance in update scheduling on the computers at St. Catherine University. While my experience was disrupted for that one night, I don't think I made it clear enough that overall, the St. Kate's IT department runs things very well. Because of when that i... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2010, 2:18 pm
It recently came to my attention that tr.im has decided to stop accepting new URLs shortened through the website and asked developers to remove tr.im functionality from their applications, and plans to shut down the redirection service in a year or two. I went there to shorten an address on Tuesday ... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2010, 8:10 pm
So, my month-long commitment to two shows is over. Both The Sorcerer and Jack and Rochelle closed Sunday afternoon, March 28. Obviously I wasn't at both shows that day; I did my last run of J&R the night before, and played pit for The Sorcerer on Sunday while my replacement did projection at the... Comment - Like
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Apr 6, 2010, 10:50 pm
(Update: Made some small clarifications)
Do you want to hear about my nightmares?
Of course you don’t, but I will begin anyway.
One horrifying fictional vision that has kept me up at night was where my netbook’s hard drive broke down because I attempted to use it on a bumpy bus ride. Scary in... Comment - Like
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Apr 4, 2010, 1:44 am
Somewhat recently, I got bored and decided to write a fictional story. Given that I’ve posted nothing on this blog since last August, I decided I had to break the silence with something.
Last night, I talked to God. The strange—yet somewhat predictable—thing was that God is exactly like me. G... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 2:15 pm
Image by Micah Taylor via Flickr
This morning, I had the dubious pleasure of waking myself at 08:00 to work a morning matinee of Jack and Rochelle. Not falling asleep until around 04:00 didn't help things, but even getting just four hours of sleep would have been worth it if everything had gone... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2010, 4:48 pm
This post took a long time because 1) I was moving the site, 2) I was doing lots of college applications all at the same time, and 3) I spent too long waiting for media from other people that never came.1 Once I bought my domain and started setting up WordPress in late October, I didn't really w... Comment - Like
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