August 28th, 2008 Al Kalter
Let me start by saying, “Thank you” to anyone who might be reading this. Over these 30 blogs, I’ve covered a wide variety of topics, so if we can consider #30 to be a milestone, then it’s time to express some appreciation. And to discuss those magic words that we learn as children – not “more dessert” or “it wasn’t me,” but rather “Thank You” … “Gracias” … “Arigato” … “Danke” … “Grazie” … “Obrigado” … “Spasebo” … “Merci” … “Tak” … “Xie Xie” …
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August 21st, 2008 Al Kalter
In these times, everyone seems to take technology for granted. As Joni Mitchell sang in Big Yellow Taxi, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” And so, when a tropical storm hits Florida, and people start losing electrical service, and phone service, and internet connectivity, and so on, well, it’s enough of a disaster that the governor starts asking for federal aid and the TV talking heads start reporting from our locale. Last week, we had a similar technology catastrophe to deal with on a personal level - our daughter’s cell phone stopped working.
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August 13th, 2008 Al Kalter
I feel inspired to write something about the Olympics. However, while I am convinced that my words are suitable for this worldwide forum, I fear that my physical appearance could be, um, improved. Therefore, in true Olympic fashion, my image is going to be replaced by someone who is better looking and will appeal to a larger audience. I’m sure that will make the overall presentation much more effective.
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August 12th, 2008 Pete Brower
Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything about the new release. We have been in a limited beta the past two weeks. We’ve found a few issues so far that we’ve fixed. We should be expanding the limited beta to some new sites in the next week or two. Things are looking good so far. One thing that happened is that the release has been renumbered. Instead of 4.3 it will be 5.0. The changes in this release are so significant that it seemed to warrant a major release number update. That’s about all I can tell you about it for now. I’ll post again as things progress.
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August 7th, 2008 Al Kalter
After more than two dozen of these posts, it seems to me that my readers (both of them?) have been subjected to my opinions on a variety of subjects, but we really haven’t gotten to know each other that well. I’m not sure how I can learn more about you, but if you continue to read this post, you’ll find out a few more tidbits about me. I provided some general introductory info in my very first blog, so now, we’ll go into a few more mundane facts.
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