Mom heads out to pickup Noah. Evan, 3.5 years old: "Bye Mommy! Bye!" Evan: "Mom’s gones without her drink in the car." *pause* "I guess I’ll sip it." …
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Reality Me
Personal blog with tidbits of technology and political commentary. Mostly focused on the adventures of my 7 person family.
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From the mouths of babes
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Another LOST character joins Twitter
http://realityme.net/2009/01/07/another-lost-character-joins-twitter/Some characters from LOST are enjoying Twitter. Charles Widmore is the newest @CharlesWidmore. Update: Vincent, the dog, has joined @VincentTheDog the LOST Twitterers. …
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Flood update
http://realityme.net/2009/01/06/flood-update/The 8 gallon shop vac had sucked up 4 or 5 gallons of water. Using towels, I had dammed off most of the water and prevented serious damage to furniture and other belongings. The shop vac was doing a great job of keeping the floor dry without me standing over it so I decided I should go outside and tackle the root of the problem head on. …
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flood update - the rest of the story
http://domesticpsychology.com/blog/2009/01/07/flood-update-t...Doug strayed from his usual tech chat and tin-foil hattery long enough to describe Tuesday night’s basement flood. He left out a few details. Tuesday was a school night, so I was in the middle of getting all the children bathed and tucked in their beds as Doug went outside to play in a ditch of quicksand that could have collapsed on him. The first problem was that
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Knoxify - The insiderâs take on what makes Knoxville great
http://knoxify.comOur Top 10 Commenters Patrick Beeson (51) Missybw (31) Suzy (31) Doug McCaughan (25) CK (24) Michael (18) KB (13) Brittney (13) Jody Collins (13) Byron (12)
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It Always Starts Innocently Enough
http://www.blogitude.com/2008/12/29/it-always-starts-innocen...“So, what, you’re havin’ a party?” “Well, I hadn’t thought of it like that, but lots of food, a few friends, drinks…” Yeah, I remember those days… I’ll bet Mr. McCaughan does, too… Just a “few friends,” indeed… Then the next morning, you’re trying to figure out who shat in the cat’s litter box and why all the deck furniture is in the trees. The VW Microbus sitting in the den can
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Five Things Twitter Should Do in ‘09
http://www.twitterrati.com/2009/01/02/five-things-twitter-sh...API more user-friendly for developers, especially the authentication process. This would make Twitter more secure for users and make it easier for developer to unveil new services. For more on Twitter’s authentication flaws, check out this post by Reality Me. 5. Launch or encourage the launch of TwitterCamps. Clearly, there’s huge interest in Twitter and expanding the ecosystem so support events to bring together users and developers would be a great for the community and the company.
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Overtly Trite
http://overtlytrite.blogspot.comreality me
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Rules of the Road-Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Twitterverse
http://www.jeremyfloyd.com/2008/rules-of-the-road-hitchhiker...allegedly set out to “steal everyone’s password” who waded into their own Narcissist Twitterverse. As it turned out, no tom foolery, but it was a wake up call. For more information on Twitter’s password issues, check out this article. Most importantly follow this rule, at least once. We all have to lose a few followers. Just like “clean up your forwards” and “snopes that shiz” became mandatory rules with email, and all of the delicate and obscure etiquette emerged from
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Type Racer
http://ceffyl.net/wordpress/tech/type-racer/Type Racer A friend of mine posted a note about typeracer.com, a site where you compete based upon typing speed. The faster you type, the faster your race car moves in its lane. You compete against yourself or against 1-5 other players. First car that gets to the finish line wins.
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