Monthly Archives: September 2006

My kids’ school using blogs and google calendar

My kids’ elementary school has the principal blogging using blogger, and the school calendar maintained using Google Calendar. This makes it really easy to keep track of what’s going on at their school, using my customized Google Homepage. I’ve added … Continue reading

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“Disciplined Liberty”?

During my citizenship ceremony, the federal court judge made some remarks and used what I thought was an unusual phrase – “disciplined liberty” – it sounded wrong to me, but maybe I’m just ignorant of its roots.

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Becoming a U.S. Citizen

I became a U.S. citizen last Friday and only had to wait 4 days before meeting a president. Is this a standard thing for citizens? Maybe there’s some secret code or marker on me now and I’ll run into presidents … Continue reading

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Meeting George Bush Sr.

A funny thing happened at lunch today…I met the 41st President of the United States. Continue reading

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Where to find a Security Analyst

We are looking for a security analyst (pdf). Where would be the best place to find a geek with a pony tail who wears darkly humorous t-shirts, and finds this funny?

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ISP Troubleshooting Suggestions

We often are called on to solve strange problems that students have with Blackboard, and I see these discussions on some of the lists all the time. A year or so ago, I pulled together a list of things to … Continue reading

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