Gary’s shared linksSTRATFORD, NJ, USA It’s Wednesday! That means my grandmom is officially 90 years old! Wow! I’ll be in DC most of the day, and she will most likely still be asleep when I leave. But she stayed up past midnight, and I got to wish her happy birthday on her birthday itself. We’ve also had [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC, USA Click here for the Geography Bee mini-test. Every year, to coincide with the National Geography Bee, National Geographic’s website posts a mini Geography test. Every year, I miss a couple that I shouldn’t. And every year, I try to post the link here. Give it a try! It only takes about two [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA So, yesterday marked a year and a half since I moved back to New Jersey, and today marks a year and a half since I became my grandmom’s caregiver. For most of the past 18 months, I’ve tried to use the “anniversary” date each month to provide a little update/recap of life [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I just bought a great new HP backpack for my weekly business jaunts to DC. But, for the life of me, I just can’t figure out what that external pouch is for. It’s too small for an umbrella, and too big for sunglasses. One side of it is a loose mesh, which [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I just found the “Total Sports Fan” application on Facebook. It’s pretty cool. Since I support an awful lot of sports teams, I was impressed by how many teams it lets you select as your favorites–it even includes lots of really obscure teams! (I only had to add about four of these [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA When I bought my laptop back in September, I decided to have some fun with it. I didn’t go after the highest-end machine out there; instead, I wanted to see how much functionality I could get out of a bargain-basement machine ($350 + $25 memory upgrade) using only free software. I downloaded [...]
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