Archive for December, 2005
This house has been in this condition - half torn down - for well over a year. A prankster has recently added a whimsical sign dubbing the lot “Lake Woodson State Park.” The lot is adjacent the Carter G. Woodson house and a triangle park of the same name.
I’m heading to West Palm Beach, Florida later today for a family holiday function. I’ll be back in town next week. I’ll probably moblog a few photos, but that’s about all on the web. Happy Holidays!
Last night even though I was late the monthly blogger meetup went smashingly with about 20 people in attendance. It was good to see Celeste, Michael, and Eddie who lives in San Francisco and dropped by for a visit. Always Write has a better list of attendees, Pat and I forgot to send around a […]
Count me behind the times. The inevitable result of me finally getting a cameraphone: moblogging.
> See just my cameraphone pics
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Thanks to Michael who pushed me over the edge by telling me “it changed his life.”
MCRI Spokesman and frequent commenter sent me this link — the Michigan Court of Appeals has overridden a vote of the Board of State Canvassers and ordered the Secretary of State to put the proposal on the ballot. MCRI opponents are expected to appeal the decision to the Michigan Supreme Court.
The other day I stumbled across gVisit.com, a website that gives you some simple javascript to plug into your website whereby “You will be given your own URL that lets you track the visitors to your website using Google Maps.” Prett neat, I thought, and plopped it in. Today on a whim I clicked on […]
Today I broke down and purchased a Treo 650. Before I wasn’t exactly in the technological dark ages, but using a slightly obscure smartphone manufactured by Samsung called the i500 (all the way on the left). The phone worked fine and had a solid OS, but like many older phones didn’t support SMS messaging. To […]
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