Monthly Archives: July 2006

I’m famous!

OK, maybe not, but as I was doing a routine search for my name, I came across an RFC (Request for Comments) based on my “NotifyMail protocol”. I’m not sure why someone bothered to write it up, but it is

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Living with ulcerative colitis

Five years ago, I had never heard of

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Fog and mist are my friends

When I started training in January, I couldn’t get myself to run when it wasn’t sunny. In the last 7 months, I’ve learned a lot about running (yes, there is stuff to learn) and have sort of gotten used to … Continue reading

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Better late than never

It looks like I wasn’t the only one to notice how the state used power to tell people to conserve energy. Today’s San Diego Union Tribune ran a

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Flex Your Power signs off; coincidence?

The other day, I wrote about the highway signs saying “Flex Your Power” and using energy. Someone from the company that runs the “Flex Your Power” campaign (they’re a marketing/PR firm) commented that the signs served a valuable purpose. In … Continue reading

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Mandating Safety

I’m not a huge fan of the government mandating anything, but now, more than ever, believe that the government needs to start mandating more safety in cars. Specifically, I think that a) all cell phones must come with Bluetooth and … Continue reading

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I miss the Newton

My history with the Apple Newton goes back to the summer before my senior year in college. Apple’s PIE (Personal Interactive Electronics) group (before it got renamed as simply Newton) wanted to license my

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Energy conservation

In this time of high energy usage, the big buzz is on conservation. So much so, that CalTrans has lit up the freeway billboards with something like “Flex Your Power. Converse Energy.” Hmmm…how much energy does it take to light … Continue reading

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Car alarms

Yesterday I was in a parking lot and heard a car alarm go off. Like any good citizen, I dashed over to the car to make sure it wasn’t being stolen. Ha! Did you really believe that? Car alarms are … Continue reading

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Car kit issue…yuck

Following up on my earlier post, my car kit has an issue; the speaker in the Garmin sounds like crap and is too low (I think the car kit has the amplification, but the speaker is distorting the sounds). So, … Continue reading

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