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Mother/Daughter Blogs – Let the games begin!

By Chris | Published: 1/19/2010
My wife and teen-aged daughter have started blogging with a view toward presenting “two sides” of the same issues. They are currently just getting comfortable with the idea of blogging and using the Wordpress interfaces, but should start sharing common topics and situations, if not common view points. At some point we will move them [...]
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NOAA/Google Weather Maps

By site admin | Published: 12/31/2009
When I was a kid, we listened to the local radio station for updates on impending snow storms. Next came storm tracking updates from the local broadcast TV news with updates on the half hour. While at UMF in the early 90’s, one the computer center staff created a program that rendered raw NOAA satellite data [...]
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Email to SMS Gateways

By site admin | Published: 12/4/2009
Most major cellular carriers provide an email address for each user that will forward email as a text message to their phone. I have been digging around to find providers local to my area (central Maine) with the idea of creating a SMS prayer list tool. Just so I don’t lose track of these: Alltel – 2125551212@message.alltel.com AT&T/Cingular [...]
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Frankendesktop – Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows XP SP3 via VirtualBox

By Chris | Published: 11/22/2009
A close look at this screen shot will make your head hurt. This isn’t a Photoshop trick or Wine in action – it’s Windows XP SP3 running on Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10) with VirtualBox in seemless mode. As a web developer, I have to bow to the reality that some folks really do use Internet Explorer [...]
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Worship from the RiverRock cafe

By Chris | Published: 10/4/2009
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