Monthly Archives: June 2004

Microsoft Visual Studio Express

Posted on June 30, 2004 by Jim

Microsoft is offering express versions of their Visual Studio languages for beginners and tinkerers.  Free for download (at least now during the beta program), these are probably great tools for building little utility apps and ASP.net web pages.

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Tom and Rachel Get Married

Posted on June 29, 2004 by Jim

In other news, on Saturday, my cousin Tom married Rachel in Denver, Colorado.  Wish we could have been there!

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Spencer Tunick Does Cleveland – And We Were There

Posted on June 26, 2004 by Jim

This morning, Teresa and I participated in Spencer Tunick’s latest nude installation at the East 9th Street Pier here in Cleveland.  It’s one of the coolest things we have ever done, and we were thrilled to be a part of … Continue reading →

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On Being Naked

Posted on June 26, 2004 by Jim

The alarm went off at 3am this morning. I quickly jumped in the shower to wake myself up, while Teresa slowly roused herself and complained of not sleeping well in anticipation of the alarm. We threw on some simple clothes, … Continue reading →

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Help Me Join Orkut

Posted on June 24, 2004 by Jim

UPDATE:  I’ve been invited.  Thanks, Tim! Does anyone who reads this weblog belong to Orkut?  If so, can you invite me to join?  Of course, it is a somewhat experimental thing, and that’s one of the reasons I want to … Continue reading →

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OddPost Improves Weblogs and Aggregation

Posted on June 24, 2004 by Jim

OddPost has deployed a major set of new features, particularly around working with Weblogs and aggregation.  Individual subscriptions are now shown in newspaper style format, rather than as individual postings like e-mails.  You can also post to a variety of … Continue reading →

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Two Birds and a Stone

Posted on June 23, 2004 by Jim

I made a silly verbal slip today: Instead of saying killed two birds with one stone, I said what sounded like killed two birds while stoned. It made me think of Ozzy for a moment.

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Exploiting iTunes

Posted on June 19, 2004 by Jim

I’ve completely switched over to iTunes for all of my PC music ripping, playing, organizing, etc.  The software is simply so easy to use, and powerful, it’s a designer’s and music lover’s dream.  Here are a few tricks I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Ubiquitous Notifications and Cascading Responses

Posted on June 14, 2004 by Jim

Kind of a strange title, maybe it will attract some blog flow.  <grin> I noted a relatively new phenomenon in my work environment today.  I work in a large engineering organization with a lot of cubicals.  Nearly everyone has a … Continue reading →

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