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Archive for February 2005

working together, quickly

Posted on 2/27/2005

this evening C’s desk collapsed. nothing special happening, he just put his hand down on it and something snapped….
and the front end tipped forward, very nearly dumping the massive 21″ CRT on his lap, spilling coffee all over the floor (thank goodness there wasn’t much in there, and the plastic floor mat caught it […]

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lazy-web starting point for learning

Posted on 2/25/2005

say I wanted to learn something about home audio equipment, and say that all I’ve ever owned, stereo-wise, are clock radios and a long-dead sony boombox.
where would you recommended I start? websites, magazines, books, etc. all welcome!

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odd-review notes

Posted on 2/22/2005

* move all the titles & pubyears from book into review
* change review_date to read_date
* review_date becomes a timestamp for when the review was added
* change author_id to creator_id — allow it to be null
* delete book table

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PSA: Puget Sound higher education web professionals dinner

Posted on 2/18/2005

I sent this to some of the email lists that I’m on, but I thought I’d mention it here, too.
Along with Deirdre Peters at North Seattle Community College and Susan Bustetter at Evergreen, I’ve organized a dinner for higher ed web people (managers, designers, etc.)….
Friday, March 4 at 6 p.m.
Costas Greek Restaurant
4559 University Way N.E.
Seattle, […]

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thoughts on staring at Orion

Posted on 2/16/2005

Sometimes, at the end of a long dragging day, when the weather is nice and my mood is crummy, it’s nice to come home and go for a long evening bike ride. Nothing to brighten my mood like wheeling through dark streets on a crisp winter night, the stars like shimmering points, just enough […]

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knee news

Posted on 2/14/2005

I went to physical therapy today…I don’t know if I *like* my therapist, but I *trust* her, if that makes any sense. she had me walk up and down, stand on one foot, and then pulled on my right leg, which helped, almost to my surprise. then ice, which I should probably go […]

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Hi! This is Elaine Nelson's site, which used to be at epersonae.com, and which is sometimes known as emergency weblog.