Here are some pictures to help sort out which name belongs to which kid, how they are related to each other, and ultimately how they are related to me. I suggest you keep this email handy so that when you read the others you can easily refer back to it and sort out who is who.
We celebrated Beth’s 12th Birthday last Saturday! I’ve uploaded the pictures from the party to the H57 Photo Album, and you can see them here: Beth’s 12th Birthday Party.
Samantha
She’s 14, in the 8th grade, loves to sing (Honors Chorus at school, Adult Choir at church) makes good grades,...
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Remember the link I provided a few days ago (Lawyer: Ripping MP3s Illegal, Grounds for Lawsuit) regarding MP3 Shredding? Well, apparently I was passing around some rather poor journalism - according the this blog on c|netNews.com titled RIAA shreds Washington Post story in debate - now this comic seems appropriate. :-)
So, I do apologize for spreading panic and malcontent! You can safely burn your CD's to MP3's again ... as long as you don't share them with anyone else!
On the other hand, my favorite Candidate (Mike Huckabee - http://www.mikehuckabee.com/) won the Iowa Caucus! With 95 percent...
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I have come to appreciate O'REILLY books for their practicality - and this book in particular is a stunning example of pragmatism and practicality. You should read it if for no other reason than that!
The author (Steve Souders of Yahoo!) shares fourteen easy steps that any front-end web designer can take to optimize performance. He give a general nod to the fact that most people expect that the back-end is where all the optimization can and should take place, and goes on to demonstrate with stunning clarity that "In reality, for most web pages, less than 10-20% of the end user response time...
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Another awe inspiring read from O'REILLY - I mean really, it's stuff like this that makes you wonder what sort of penny pincher is keeping us from having a Corporate Safari Online Bookshelf!
This book looks at application architecture, development practices, technologies, Unicode, and general infrastructure work, and the Author (Cal Henderson) nails it! Cal draws on his experience designing and developing for www.flickr.com which belongs to Yahoo! Inc. and it appears that experience is extensive.
He also has a fun and disarming writing style, which makes what could be relatively dry technical...
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