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A journal from John B. Roberts

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Entries from October 2004

Spammers == DigitalDream.com

October 15th, 2004 · Comments Off

DigitalDream.com == spammer I guess this is a sign that a marketplace for services is arriving, but when I get “signs” by being smacked in the face, I’m not very happy about it. This morning, I received unsolicited email from info@digitaldream.com offering to help me solve “the problem with feeds — RSS bandwidth usage.” Yes, [...]

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Tags: Everything

Are you a role model?

October 14th, 2004 · Comments Off

So I unbuckled the seat belt a little earlier than I should have this evening, as we were rolling into the garage. Behind me came a similar click… the boy had followed my example. I told him that I made a mistake, and that he needed to wait until we were fully stopped. His response? [...]

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Tags: Family

Parks and sprawl and e-470

October 12th, 2004 · Comments Off

I visited Fort Collins, Colorado for the first time ever this past weekend. (Thanks, Sam & Mike!) I’m still musing over the combination of parks and sprawl. In a short 20 minute drive across town, we passed several city parks on our way to this new park, Fossil Creek. Great facility, and it was busy [...]

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First post from the iMac G5

October 7th, 2004 · Comments Off

I need to take care of many other things before I go to bed, but I am glad to say that the iMac G5 (17″) is up and running. Brief frustration last night when, for still unknown reasons, the Bluetooth wireless mouse was not recognized… but all is well now. Also, the Setup Assistant, for [...]

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Tags: Tech