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Freestyles Photos

I danced this past weekend at Arthur Murray Fall Freestyles and took a few photos with my partner’s excellent Canon Rebel XTi. Pictures are up at my MobileMe Gallery. I have not had time to edit them much or write about the weekend, but it was fun.

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2008 10 01 snolan Dance Comments (0)

Blind Spots and the Perception of Reality

Wow, a co-worker forwarded this link about the Blind Spot each of our eyes has and it got me to thinking a little. If Chris Davis (the author of that link) is correct, and this means that our brains are not seeing what is reality, but only our own perception of reality, partially fabricated to […]

2008 09 29 snolan Fun
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Faster Web Browsing over Wireless

Almost two months ago I wrote and started investigating why web browsing on my MacBook Air was sluggish. Well, I tried a few things, and then had to focus on other issues and put that problem aside for a bit. I am happy to say my friend Anthony asked about the same issue and I […]

2008 09 25 snolan Computers Comments (0)

La Belle Public Shows in October

La Belle Compagnie is participating in two public shows this October. La Belle is a living history group focused on English history during the Hundred Year’s War, and right now we are focused on 1388. The first is from 9am to 5pm on October 4th and 5th in Charlottesville, Virginia; it is called the American […]

2008 09 24 snolan Fun
History
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Ahoy, it be time to toast me most beloved holiday

Woke up this morning with a skull-splitting pain in me noggin… unable to fully embrace the holiday fun. Felt like I were bein’ keel-hauled by the time me vessel was finished getting some repairs; damned scalliwags took o’er three hours rather than the usual one; may the lubbers rot fer havin’ the incompetence of a […]

2008 09 19 snolan Holidays
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Excitement builds for next Friday

My favorite holiday is only a little over one week away, so this link is to help you prepare for it in case you forgot: talklikeapirate.com September 19th! I see from the 2008 local observances list that my former co-workers over at AOL are observing the day with big plans; prepare to be boarded!

2008 09 11 snolan Fun
Holidays
Local
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AddressBook to MobileMe Contacts Sync Problem

I have a rather large AddressBook on my various Mac computers, it weighs in at 1679 entries, though many of those are goofy duplications of email addresses that showed up when I botched an upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.5.1. Both MobileMe and .Mac have done an excellent job of keeping the AddressBook application data on […]

2008 09 08 snolan Computers Comments (3)

Nextel/Motorola i580 rugged phone available

I have dumped Sprint/Nextel service, which leaves me with a very good phone I no longer need. So, would anyone like a Nextel branded Motorola i580? This thing is rugged. Toughest multimedia flip phone on the planet. You can literally throw it out a 6th story window and expect it to be fine. It can […]

2008 09 07 snolan Comments (0)

Pause to wonder at the power of nature

We’ve been getting heavy rain for several hours now, generated from a storm that is still over 300 miles away. That’s pretty impressive when you stop to think about it. Look at the map below, and rain is already hitting people all along Long Island Sound; I am just impressed. http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200808_sat.html Update: Bailey, our Maine […]

2008 09 06 snolan Local
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Sprint drives away another customer

I used to love Sprint. When they were an underdog long-distance provider competing with AT&T and MCI for your long distance plan on a land line they were fascinating, cutting edge, and competitive. Prices were attractive, and for a while I had Sprint as my long distance provider on my phone…. I carried an AT&T […]

2008 09 05 snolan Comments (0)