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Well, it’s Halloween again and it is time for my annual freak-out.  Is it ghosts?  No.  Is it zombies?  No.  Is it clowns?  No…well, yes, it is but it’s not the point of this blog.  No.  I had the glancing memory of it today that I normally have around this time of year and it […]

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A while back, my brother on his blog wrote the following about my blog about the future of search:
http://sentientsearch.net/2008/05/05/oh-dear/
Well…some of the points he mentions are good and I happen to agree with the spirit of them.  However, it’s always good to know when, as far as how search will progress and what the next step […]

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Well, Jess woke me up Monday morning with the sad news–George Carlin died.  I remembered the first time I saw him perform on HBO.  It was the Jammin in New York concert.  He was incredible.  His political commentary was edgy, his situational humor was great, and he spoke with rhythm and energy and used the […]

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Hey.  I’m back.  Did I miss anything?
Now that I am solidly in place at my new job, I feel I can take the opportunity to burn some bridges and take some loving (or not-so-loving) swipes at our good friends at Microsoft.  For those of you who don’t know, I had an interview with […]

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A while back I posted some forum messages to the Prelinger Archive about reviving the September 11 Television Archive.  It was a website that was developed very shortly after 9/11 and included all of the television coverage for 9/11-9/13 for FOX, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and other networks.  It disappeared in 2002-2003 and I was […]

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Good lord.  I’m trying to set up a new way of banking for Jess and myself for once we get married.  I’m wanting to work with a bank with good online banking services and yet still have branches nearby.  Wachovia seemed a reasonable choice.  I looked online for reviews and I found several sites where […]

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Boy, am I gullible today.  I fell for two April Fools day news stories.  The first one was one by Michael Arrington saying he was suing Facebook for $25 million.  I also fell for a story that Google was teaming with Virgin to go to Mars.  Both of them were completely plausible and based on […]

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Well, I’m sitting at the Virginia Tech/Villanova booth at SIGCSE and there’s a lull in the crowd.  Ordinarily, I’d leave the reviews of websites to my brother but I figured this one was obscure enough to warrant me stepping in.  I thought I’d post something about a new feed I’d found.  It’s called "The Art […]

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For those of you who don’t know, I’m at SIGCSE this week.  So far things have been interesting.  Can’t say that I’ve really learned anything new; the sessions I picked were duds, unfortunately and the others were lending moral support to colleagues.  I do think I have an idea of something to do with Jess, […]

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Jess and I were lucky enough to attend a lecture that was given by Dr. Goodwin last year where she was promoting her new book, Team of Rivals.  I read this book over Christmas break and into January.  It is easily one of the most engrossing history books you’ll ever read. 
The book centers around […]

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