STRATFORD, NJ, USA One of my friends is looking to get rid of 3 $50 iTunes gift cards. Will sell them as a package or individually. Any offers before we look to eBay?
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Nana: 20 monthiversary–Random Pictures Edition (Wedding and birds)
Posted on July 20, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
STRATFORD, NJ, USA I haven’t posted much recently, mostly because I haven’t had much to talk about. But today marks 20 months since I moved in with my grandmom, so I’ll do my usual little monthly update about her life and mine. Nana My grandmom, quite frankly, is not doing very well. Although the back [...]
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Random Thought: Abbreviations and city names
Posted on June 29, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
STRATFORD, NJ, USA I’m watching the Euro 2008 final on TV. Why is it that ABC/ESPN is abbreviating “Spain” as “ESP,” but abbreviating Germany as “GER”? It seems to me like they should pick a standard and stick to it–either abbreviate both in their native languages, or abbreviate both in English. “GER vs SPA” or [...]
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Google Reader anyone?
Posted on June 20, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
STRATFORD, NJ, USA By chance, do any of my readers use Google Reader to share feeds? If you do, I’d kind of like to add you to my friends. (AT, MS, and NS, I’ve got you three already.) I’d be interested to see what other people are sharing. Also, if you don’t know what Google [...]
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Fun fact
Posted on June 17, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
STRATFORD, NJ, USA When people (or forms) ask me how tall I am, I’ve been quoting 5’11″ as my height since the end of high school. Occasionally, I’d bemoan that I just missed the 6 foot mark. The other day I realized that I hadn’t double-checked this height in about 7 years. So, out of [...]
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2008 National Geographic Geography Bee
Posted on May 22, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
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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What is this thing that came with my backpack?
Posted on May 16, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
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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Two Free Windows Utilities
Posted on May 3, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
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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Green Cathedral
Posted on April 18, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
STRATFORD, NJ, USA DC was abuzz this week with excitement over the Pope’s visit. This morning, he held mass at the new baseball stadium. If you know me, you know that I love sports stadiums. One of the pre-eminent books on baseball stadiums is called “Green Cathedrals.” So, Benedict held mass this morning at [...]
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5 Year Anniversary!
Posted on April 11, 2008 by Gary BUTTERWORTH
STRATFORD, NJ, USA My website is five years old today. Wow! Just thinking about all of the things I’ve done in the past five years kind of makes my head spin. I’ve blogged from Syracuse, France, DC, NJ, and a few other places, too. Going through my blog archives is a fun way to revisit [...]
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