A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo, HTC Evo vs iPhone 4

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• ll

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. 
They'll encourage you to death. 

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.

Do Over

If you "could" - would you really want to "do over" some of your life?

The problem with a "Do Over" to fix a problem is that it also un-does some of the things that didn't need fixing.

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Wimbledon 2010 - Nicolas Mahut vs John Isner

John Isner wins the match 6-4, 3-6, 6⁷-7⁹, 7⁷-6³, 70-58. Checkout the complete match stat.

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• John Isner USA
• Nicolas Mahut FRA

Federer Comes Back

From being down 7-5,6-4, 4-4 (15-40) to eventually win the first round of Wimbledon 2010 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (), 6-0.

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World Cup Champions

• 2010 @ South Africa -
• 2006 @ Germany - Italy beat France 5-3¹
• 2002 @ Japan & South Korea - Brazil beat Germany 2-0
• 1998 @ France - France beat Brazil 3-0
• 1994 @ USA - Brazil beat Italy
• 1990 @ Italy - Germany beat Argentina
• 1986 @ Mexico - Argentina beat Germany
• 1982 @ Spain - Italy beat Germany
• 1978 @ Argentina - Argentina beat Holland
• 1974 @ West Germany - West Germany beat Netharlands
• 1970 @ Mexico - Brazil beat Italy 4-1
• 1966 @ England - England beat
• 1962 @ Chile - Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1
• 1958 @ Sweden - Brazil beat
  
• 1954 @ Switzerland - West Germany beat Hungary
• 1950 @ Brazil - Uruguay beat Brazil
• 1938 @ France - Italy beat Hungary
  
• 1934 @ Italy - Italy beat
• 1930 @ Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2

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1. in penalty shootout

A Rose by Any Other Name

2010 FIFA World Cup

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• Official Site
  

You Cannot Fake Sincereity

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May 4th

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• NPR - Kent State Shooting
• Wikipedia
  

Just because it's NOT there doesn't Necessarily Mean it's Gone

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April 12th

Should I?

Or, the question should be:

• Must I
• Do I need to

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Too Excited to be Scared, Too Scared to be Excited

When I was much, much younger

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2010 Resolutions

None. At least none to share.

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The Heart of the Human Problem is the Problem of the Human Heart

Beautifully said.

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Link: flickr

10 Most Expensive Cars

• Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Roadster - $495,000
• Saleen S7 - $580,000
• Ferrari Enzo - $653,000
• SSC Ultimate Aero - $740,000
• Leblan Mirabeau - $792,000
• Aston Martin One-77 - $1.4M
• Lamborghini Reventon - $1,454,400
• Paganzi Zonda Cinque Roadster - $1,882,920
• Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport - $2,027,760
• Koenigsegg CCXR - $2,173,950

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2009 Nobel Prize

• Physics
• Charles K. Kao
• Willard S. Boyle
• George E. Smith
• Chemistry
• Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
• Thomas A. Steitz
• Ada E. Yonath
• Physiology / Medicine
• Elizabeth H. Blackburn
• Carol W. Greider
• Jack W. Szostak
• Literature
• Herta Müller
• Peace
• Barak Obama
  
• Economics
• 
  

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Individual Independence

Must be earned by your ownself. No one can / will / should bring it to you.

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Obama Addresses the Children

Awesome!!! Great!!! I love that.

But wait, what is this I hear - there are people who don't like this awesome idea??? Who would NOT want the president to address our future citizens?

Wait a second now . . . . I believe there is at least one President that I can think of who I wish was not allowed to address anyone, let alone our vulnerable future generation.

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• The Presidents Published Remarks

Edward Kennedy Dies

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• NY Times
• The Daily Star
  

Moonwalk - 40th Anniversary


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• NASA - Apollo 40th Anniversary
  

FF and MJ back to back - I'm sad.

I have followed either for many years, but way back when, they were a big part of my life. My friends and I used to watch Charlie's Angels and listen to Thriller

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2 do

All the things I want to do is always getting pushed aside for things I need to do which seem to never be the things I like doing :o(

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শুভ নববর্ষ


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Iowa High Court Strikes Down Same-sex Marriage Ban

Saw this news article on CNN.com.

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The "Model S"

How can you NOT want one of these ;~) It:

• Goes 300 miles on a full tank
• Takes 45 min to fill a tank
• Seats 7
• goes 0-60 in 5.6sec
  

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• Official Site
  

Responsibility & Success

Or "Success & Responsibility"

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New Phone

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Conspiracy Theories

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Depression Cooking with Clara

It's interesting that the current situation is compared to the "Great Depression" but how accurate is that comparison??

So, check out these videos to get a sense of what the "depression" was like and decide for yourself how close to that we are now.
















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DOW Drops Below 7,000

End of the Day:

• DOW 6,763.29 299.64 (4.24%)
• Nasdaq at 1,322.85 54.99 (3.99%)
• S&P 500 700.82 34.27 (4.66%)
  

The lowest levels since early 1997.

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Fortunetellers Making a Fortune

Apparently the bad economy is causing more individuals to turn to the Fortunetellers.

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• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100906377
  

Generic News from Dogbert

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John Updike Mar 18 1932 - Jan 27th, 2009

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• Wikipedia

How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

Such number as may be deemed necessary to perform the stated task in a timely and efficient manner within the strictures of the following agreement. Whereas the party of the first part, also known as 'the lawyers' and the party of the second part, also known as 'the light bulb' do hereby agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part (light bulb) shall be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed upon duties, i.e. the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise illumination ofthe area ranging from the front (North) door, through the entryway, terminating at an area just through the primary living area, demarcated by the beginning of the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option of the party of the second part (light bulb) and not required by the aforementioned agreement between the parties. The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be limited to, the following steps:

1. The party of the first part (lawyer) shall, with or without elevation at his option, by means of a chair, step stool, ladder or any other means of elevation, grasp the party of the second part (light bulb) and rotate the party of the second part (light bulb) in a counter clockwise direction, said direction being non-negotiable. Said grasping and rotation of the party of the second part (light bulb) shall be undertaken by the party of the first part (lawyer) to maintain the structural integrity of the party of the second part (light bulb), notwithstanding the aformentioned failure of the party of the second part (light bulb) to perform the customary and agreed upon duties. The foregoing notwithstanding, however, both parties stipulate that structural failure of the party of the second part (light bulb) may be incidental to the aforementioned failure to perform and in such case the party of the first part (lawyer) shall be held blameless for such structural failure insofar as the non-negotiable directional codicil (counter-clockwise) is observed by the party of the first part (lawyer) throughout.

2. Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part (light bulb) becomes seperated from the party of the third part ('receptacle'), the party of the first part shall have the option of disposing of the party of the second part (light bulb) in a manner consistent with all applicable state, local, and federal statutes.

3. Once seperation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part (lawyer) shall have the option of beginning the installation of the party of the fourth part ('new light bulb'). This installation shall occur in a manner consistent with the reverse procedures described in step one of this self same document, being careful to note that the rotation should occur in a clockwise direction, said direction also being non-negotiable and only until the party of the fourth part (new light bulb) becomes snug in the party of the third part (receptacle) and in fact becomes the party of the second part (light bulb).

Note: The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the first part (lawyer), by said party of the first part (lawyer), or by his or her heirs and assigns, or by any and all persons authorized by him or her to do som the objective being to produce a level of illumination in the immediate vicinity of the aforementioned front (North) door consistent with maximisation of ingress and revenue for the party of the fifth part, also known as 'The Firm'.

Barack H Obama, the 44th President of the United States

Text and Video of his inaugural speech available from MSNBC.

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Economic Fundamentals

The other day my friends and I were discussing the Economy and the topic came down to "Economic Fundamentals" and if that has changed in the case of the US Economy.

Since none of us are Economist we couldn't quite agree on the definition of "Economic Fundamentals". Since then I also realized that this particular term has been used, maybe even over-used, in the media to make arguments for or against other issues.

So, I'm on a quest now to come up with a acceptable definition of "Economic Fundamentals" that makes sense to us non-economists or at least to me (you are most welcome to agree with my definition).

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AL Takes Oath and Puts Together Cabinet

Ministers:

• Motia Chowdhury
• Abul Maal Abdul Muhit
• AK Khandaker
• Syed Ashraful Islam
• Abdul Latif Siddiqui
• Raziuddin Razu
• Advocate Sahara Khatun
• Khandker Musharraf Hossain
• Rezaul Karim Hira
• Abul Kalam Azad
• Dr AFM Ruhul Haq
• Dr Afsarul Amin
• Dr Abdur Razzaq
• Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid
• Nurul Islam Nahid
• Abdul Latif Biswash
• Syed Abul Hossain
• Faruq Khan
• GM Quader
• Ramesh Chandra Sen
• Dilip Barua
• Barrister Shafiq Ahmed
• Dr Dipu Moni

State Ministers:

• Advocate Mostafizar Rahman Fizar
• Captain (retd) Tazul Islam
• Tanjim Ahmed Sohel
• Dr Hasan Mahmud
• Munnuzan Sufian
• Ahad Ali Sarker
• Architect Yafes Osman
• Dipankar Talukdar

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• BDNews24

Victim Treats His Mugger Right

Read / listen to the story on NPR.

"Treat People Right and Hope that They Too Return the Favor". In this world that's all we can do - do our best and hope for the best.

Happy New Year to Everyone!!!!

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2009

Moved to WORDPRESS.

A New Year begins. 2008 is now behind and we have a whole year in front of us.

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Yeaaaaa!!!



Finally . . . . . they got my name right. To top it off, they even added a smiley face :o) It's small things like this that makes all the difference.

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A Prairie Home Companions - Dec 20th '08

Christmas Show 2008

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Deep Throat

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Bangladesh 'Beatle hero' move

I am ashamed that I never realized that George Harrison has never "Officially" been recognized for his efforts.

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• BBC News

Happiness

is a choice that requires effort at times - Aeschylus.

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is also recognized as the "father of tragedy".

I would modify his quote to be "Happiness is a choice that requires effort most of the times". Very rarely will it seem to happen totally out-of-the-blue. But even on those rare occasions, if you dig deeply, you will find that too was the fruit of some effort on your part at some point in time. It might have been a while back, it might have been seemingly effortless - but nonetheless some effort at some point went into it.

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Blaming

someone else get's you no where.

Even when the someone else IS wrong, still it doesn't help in any way.

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Eid Mubarak

Wishing everyone a happy Eid Mubarak on this Eid-ul-Adha.

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Feel "American"

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• Jhumpa Lahiri's Struggle to Feel American on NPR's Morning Eidtion
  

You Gotta Work and Work Hard

Even to have fun and enjoy life ;o)

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Obama Elected President

of the United States of America.

• Obama - 62,945,914 votes
• McCain - 55,753,790 votes

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Walter Cronkite turns 92

Happy Birthday!!!

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Waiting . . . . .

Unless we're actively doing something, we're always waiting for something. And even when we are working on a particular issue, and we're only working on 1 issue at a time (unless you're a super multi-tasker), we're waiting for multiple things from multiple sources so that we can get back and work on those issues.

So, the way I look at it - we're in perpetual "wait" mode ;o)

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Starting the Day Bad

Has it's advantages. You can look forward things ONLY possibly getting better.

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McCain Picks Running Mate

John McCain picks Sarah Palin, Gov of Alaska, as his running mate.

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links:

• ABC News
• CBS News
• CNN
• MSNBC

John McCain Turns 72

Today. He is also expected to announce his Running Mate later today.

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Obama Accepts Nomination

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I have a Dream . . . .

45 years ago today Dr King spoke these words.

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Beijing 2008 - Medal Standing

It doesn't seem right that a Nation wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and a Bronze and another winning 3 Bronze, 2 Silver and a Gold are ranked the same (both winning 6 medals).

Instead, if we weight a Gold Medal to be 3 unit, a Silver Medal 2 Unit and a Bronze 1, then the standing becomes a bit more interesting.

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Scaled
USA	26	27	28	81	160
China	45	14	20	79	183
Russia	13	14	18	45	90
Great Britain	16	10	11	37	79
Australia	11	12	13	36	70
France	4	12	14	28	50
Germany	9	7	7	23	48
South Korea	8	9	6	23	48
Japan	8	5	7	20	41
Italy	6	6	6	18	36

The scaling also signifies the relative diff between the teams even when the ordering is not changed.

Here's a link to the current / updated medal standing.

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iPhone 3G Available










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Nadal Defeats Federer to Win first Wimbledon Title

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links:

BBC Sports

Yahoo! Sports

George Carlin

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjjqggJOKds
  


• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PiZSFIVFiU>

Sydney Pollack 1935 - 2008

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Toshiba Gives Up

Well, it's finally happened - Toshiba has officially given up on the HD DVD format. Though it may seem like a mere formality to some, the official announcement now means people who were waiting to the next new DVD Player for their HD TV can now safely invest in a Blu-Ray format DVD Player.

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Link:

• Toshiba Abandons HD DVD - InfoWorld via Yahoo! News


• Toshiba quits HD DVD business - CNN.com

Castro Steps Down

After being in power for almost half a century.

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Superbowl XLII

What a game!!!!

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Heath Ledger Found Dead

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Wikipedia

Bobby Fisher Passed Away

Just heard the news on the radio earlier today on my way to work.

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• Wikipedia
  

Sad Event :o(

iPhone dropped.

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Pumpkin Pie

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:12


Categories : pies-crusts Thanksgiving

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Preparation Method
--------	------------	-------------	-------------------
3/4	cup	granulated sugar
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1	teaspoon	ground cinnamon
1/2	teaspoon	ground ginger
1/4	teaspoon	ground cloves
2	large	eggs	slightly beaten
15	oz	canned pumpkin
12	ounces	evaporated milk	undiluted
1	9 inch	pie crust	unbaked

MIX sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.

POUR into pie shell.

BAKE in preheated 425° F. oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F.; bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours. Serve immediately or refrigerate.

NOTE:
Do not freeze, as this will cause the crust to separate from the filling

1 3/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice may be substituted for cinnamon, ginger and cloves; however, the taste will be slightly different.

FOR 2 SHALLOW PIES:

Substitute two 9-inch (2-cup volume) pie shells. Bake in preheated 425° F. oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F.; bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until pies test done.

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Oven Roasted Duck

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Thanx Giving 2007

Well, it's that time of the year again and collecting some traditional recipes. Not that I'll be making any of these.

For the main course, I prefer a duck (or anything) instead of a turkey.

• Bird
• Oven Roast
• Pan Fried
• Dressing / Stuffing
• In the Bird
• Seperate
• Gravy / Sauce
• Cranberry
• Side / Vegetable
• Potato
• Casserole
• Dessert
• Pumpkin Pie
• Potato Pie

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Today

is a V-E-R-Y significant day.

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Bangladesh landslides, rain kill 68 people

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Links:

boston.com

A 380

Flies from Europe to the U.S.

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Brilliant Bangladesh stun India

That was the headline on cricinfo.com.

More Headlines:

Tigers 1, Lambs 0.

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Stress

"It's NOT what is happening to you in life - it's how you're reacting to what's happening to you in life".

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Wikipedia

Meeting on the Net

On my way to work this morning, like every other day, I was listening to Morning Eidtion on NPR.

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How iMet My Neighbor on iTunes - by David Kestenbaum

2007 . . . .

Moved to WORDPRESS.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year.

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First Woman Speaker of the House

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Prof Muhammad Yunus

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Links

• Video
• Speach - Living with 2 Giants
• Bolgs
• 
  

Dr Yunus Wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2006

This is great news for Dr Yunus (of course) and Grameen Bank and a very, very proud moment for all Bangladeshis all over the world.

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• Offical Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2006
• BBC
• CNN
• The New York Times
• NPR
• Reuters
• Yahoo!

Dream

Not sure why or if it has any significant meaning, but almost everynight I have multiple dreams. Most of them are fairly regular steff. Me going to work or talking to someone.

But sometimes the dream is so weird that it makes no sense.

Sensible or not, I am used to

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Ann Richards Dies

The 45^th Texas Governor passed away. She was 73.

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Links:

NY Times

THE Killer App

Ideas are being sought for the Dream Application.

Of course, My Dream App would be the ultimate (aka univarsal) Communicator. It would be the single Application to:

• e-mail
• IM
• VoIP
  
• Blog
• Read News & News Group
  

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Searching the Web

AOL Search.

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Lulendo

I have no idea what he is saying but the tune and the music is simply wonderful.

http://www.lulendo.com/

I believe he is from Angola but has been living in Paris France for sometime. I heard of him on "The World" on NPR the other day.

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Blogged with Flock

The Curse of "Good Enough"

Have we come to the point that we are satisfied with "Good Enough"?

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Texas Independence Day


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• http://www.celebratetexas.org/
  

Feb 21^st

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Overheard in New York:

I heard this piece on NPR's Morning Eidtion (KUT) on my way to work after I had dropped off my daughter to school.

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Western Union Telegram No More :o(

Effective Jan 27th, '06, Western Union has stopped sending Telegrams.

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First

For the first time, I saw an add in the paper for a product, thought it was a good deal (almost a great deal), went to the store, found the item (usually they run of the items the advertise) and was able to buy it.

The product - an external hard drive (Maxtor 300 Gb, USB 2.0 and FireWire), the store - Fry's (Austin, TX), the price - $189 ($202 w/tax).

Now, I just need to take it out of the box, hook it up and copy off from the other external drive (before it goes out).

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Jan 29th, '06

• Today
  
• Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog).
  


• This Week
• Mozart's 250th birth anniversary
  
• Western Union stops Telegram Service (effective Jan 27th).
  


• This Month
• 
  


• This Year
• Both of our daughter's will be going to school (part time, pre-K and 2nd grade).
  

BTW, today is my special day too.

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Rosa Parks

Google Search Results

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Ramadan '05



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Emancipation Proclamation

1862

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60th Anniversary

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