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Important safety tip

If you're already having the kind of day where you feel a bit dizzy, and you're walking through the parking lot at your place of employment after coming back from lunch, do not under any circumstances close your eyes for any reason . No, I didn't fall, Read More...
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2008 07 10

Devin

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Dear iPod

Dear iPod, Over the years that I've had you (as your second owner), we've had our rocky times. You've worked well with both my Windows and Mac workstations -- that's a plus. Your battery life is damn near useless (and I understand that's not really your Read More...
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2008 04 11

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Too tightly wound to know how to react

This has not been one of the best weeks I've had. That's not to say it's been all fire and brimstone -- it hasn't been an Old Testament kind of week -- but the victories and good things have been few and far between. One of them happened last night; I Read More...
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2008 03 28

Devin

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My son, the alien

We found out today that Alaric has a second set of armpits. No, it's true. You and I would call them "elbow joints" but in Alaric's world, they're "second armpits." Bet you didn't know that . Read More...
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2008 03 7

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Gary Gygax, requiescat in pace

E. Gary Gygax died yesterday at the age of 69. They say that anything you do more than once is tradition. I guess that mine is to offer the words written by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, as sung by Annie Lennox, at the end of The Return of Read More...
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2008 03 5

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Thoughts from the break part 1

So, I'm in Sydney for a training conference that I'm talking about in my work blog if you're interested. There's a lot of interesting small differences that have more of a mental impact to me than the big ones: The exit signs inside buildings are green Read More...
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2008 02 4

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Heading for the underside of the world

In just a few more hours, I'll be on my way to do something I've never done before -- cross the equator. I'm just going to kayak down to the big black line floating on top of the ocean, nip across, spin around counter-clockwise, then nip back home. No, Read More...
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2008 02 2

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A thought to think

I've been knocked off my sleep schedule this week -- I had to test some sleeping medication I need for an upcoming business trip and verify that I wouldn't have any unanticipated side effects before I was in Australia and unable to do anything about it. Read More...
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2008 01 31

Devin

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Things that make me happy

That I've managed to successfully get myself back on an "into work by 6am" schedule for nearly three weeks now. Even though I am not a morning person, I find that this schedule has a number of benefits, the most important being that I feel like I get Read More...
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2008 01 23

Devin

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Oops! Forgot to link this!

Wrote this Christmas 2007 newsletter over two weeks ago and forgot to link it here until now... ...blame the meds. Read More...
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2007 12 31

Devin

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Christmas 2007 Newsletter

INTRODUCTION Merry Christmas to you all from the cold and wet northern Puget Sound region, the jewel of lovely Western Washington and the place we like to call home. If you've seen our fair state on the news lately because of all of the flooding, you Read More...
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2007 12 16

Devin

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So true...

...so very, very true. Read More...
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2007 12 2

Devin

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My ambitions

To finally learn (and never forget) how not to take my wife and kids for granted. To write a sung SATB Eucharist liturgy and get it recorded with Alison Krauss, Sara Evans, Sting, and Josh Turner. To always have a story to write that I'm passionate about. Read More...
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2007 11 25

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Coolest musician on the planet

The more Steph and I listen to Brad Paisley , the more impressed we are. (Those of you who don't know who he is, he's a country singer. If you don't like country, that's fine, you can stop reading, although I suggest you go to the video section of his Read More...
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2007 11 20

Devin

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Back to the Light

Yesterday evening, I found out that author James Oliver Rigney died yesterday after a long struggle with amyloidosis (a disease where your body deposits insoluble proteins in its own tissues and organs). Mr. Rigney was better known under a variety of Read More...
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2007 09 17

Devin

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Memory

I have something in my head trying to come out. It's about 9/11. It's not ready to come out yet. In the meantime, here's John M Ford's 110 Stories . Read More...
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2007 09 11

Devin

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Oh, yeah

For those of you keeping track, I'm 35 now. Yup, had my birthday Wednesday. Going by a literal reading of the Bible, I'm half-way through my life span ("threescore and ten"). Going by modern numbers, I could in theory be only 1/3 of the way through my Read More...
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2007 09 9

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Well, yeah, that explains it

I'm working from home today, for various and sundry reasons. It's been a stressful week, for more various and sundry reasons.I figured out why I was getting particularly steamed today by looking at my Caller ID. 18 inbound calls. Dude. That's not counting Read More...
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2007 08 23

Devin

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To J. K. Rowling

Wow. Thank you for sharing Harry's story with us. It was amazing, and I am grateful. Read More...
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2007 07 21

Devin

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Jesus in my arm

Summer is here and school is out, so the kids are looking for more to do. One thing they won't be doing for the next couple of weeks, however, is riding their bikes. You see, some bastard(s) stole their bikes at some point in the last couple of days (we Read More...
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2007 07 1

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Father's Day

Edit: Started NFSMW last November , not April. It's been a long time since I posted on any of my blogs. Between lots of travel in April into May, a lot of work, and starting a new technical book for Sybex -- not to mention still trying to make time (and Read More...
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2007 06 17

Devin

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Recycling content: I don't think I'd want to be a cave troll.

I was looking back through my LiveJournal and found this piece from 2004 Jun 30. For some reason it struck me, so first I'm going to repost the content here, then I'll add my additional thoughts after. Put on the extended version of Fellowship of the Read More...
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2007 04 26

Devin

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Living with Asperger's on the road and on the stage

Four 3-day trips in four weeks: Apr 2-4, Orlando, to present 3 hours of sessions at Exchange Connections. Apr 8-10, Denver, to be the main speaker at the Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Roadshow. Apr 18-20, Anaheim, to be the main speaker at the Exchange Read More...
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2007 04 25

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Painfully shiny

While Steph and I were getting our Battlestar Galactica [1] fix last night, I did something I haven't done since mid-December 1992: have a shoe-shine party. I've got four pairs of nice black shoes that were in various states of repair, but before Read More...
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2007 03 21

Devin

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