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Dad, Mom and me. This was taken outside of Our Lady Of Victory school in Floral Park, NY. It was 8th grade graduation in 1971. My mom would be dead from cancer by the end of August.
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It’s not the end of frivolous patents for obvious “inventions”, but the the USPTO has dismissed MercExchange claims against eBay.
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Almost April 1, time for Steve Jobs’ Best Quotes Ever!
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I thought this courtyard looked like a Zen garden.
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In Austin Texas they’re auctioning off a record store’s contents. Nothing unusual, right? Except this record store has been closed since 1970! Closed and undisturbed.
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Former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn thinks the ’sandal and ponytail set’ are slowing Linux adoption. Discuss.
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Since Apple’s 30th anniversary is fast approaching, the Joy of Tech did a rerun of one their classics.
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My thoughts on Sammy Hagar, exactly.
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I visited the Amtrak railroad station at Central and Joseph. The building itself is okay but the outside is pretty sad. The platform just seems to end, for instance, and the canopy is only half partially complete.
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Steve Wozniak didn’t want to change the world, he just wanted to work on computers. This is why he’s held in such esteem by geeks, he’s one of us, unlike that other Steve.
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I have mixed feelings about immigration. Obviously, if it were not for the fairly open immigration laws in the early 20th century I wouldn’t be here. My grandparents left a Poland that was Polish only in the minds of its citizens, having been divided between Germany and Russia. My paternal grandfather had been “drafted” into [...]

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Crowd gates, stored at the base of the South Avenue parking garage.
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