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By Perry, 6 years ago

New options at BlogspotThis morning I noticed that...

New options at Blogspot

This morning I noticed that Pyra, the parent company of Blogger, is offering some new options. Since I've used this service now since April for free, I may choose to upgrade to one of the newer options both because I would like to support their efforts and because I would like to have the option to post pictures to my blog. The new features would give me greater capabilities and an easy interface to post to the web. Unfortunately, the beginning of September isn't a convenient time for me to incur more expenses, since both August and September have some fixed expenses in them that make taking on another expense unwise at this time. I'll probably wait until the beginning of October to make the shift. However, I'm quite glad to see this new capability out there. I look forward to making the shift.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

Phil tries broadbandLast night I received a call f...

Phil tries broadband

Last night I received a call from my friend, Phil Petty, to let me know that he had gotten Bellsouth's DSL service (IFITL, pronounced «eye-fiddle»). He was having some trouble getting to his email server using Eudora. After giving him the proper POP3 settings, he was able to get the mail that had been awaiting him on the server. It's always fun seeing a friend discover a new toy. Of course, it also means that there'll be those late-night calls when he encounters problems, but that goes with the territory. For all of you who receive email from Phil prepare yourself for receiving large files that he doesn't remember take a long time to download. That is probably one of the inevitable downsides of a friend getting a fast connection.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

How to capture image files off the Internet (PC on...

How to capture image files off the Internet (PC only)

You can save any image that appears on the web to your computer (except a rare few where the webmaster has specifically prevented it). The next paragraph will explain how.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

Doing the Time WarpWell, the reunion weekend is no...

Doing the Time Warp

Well, the reunion weekend is now past. To all of you who went to the expense and effort to come back to Knoxville for the event (Don, Juan, Lisa, Jane and Benny), I want to say a big THANK YOU. It was great to have the chance to visit with you again. For those in town, I appreciate your making the effort to be a part of the events.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

The reunion beginsTonight seven of us got together...

The reunion begins

Tonight seven of us got together for dinner at Chesapeake's Seafood Restaurant here in Knoxville to kick off our reunion weekend. Juan drove in from Charlotte, NC, and Don flew in from Tampa. It was a fine dinner at a first class restaurant, and to make it even more special, Juan generously chose to pay for everyone's dinner. Tomorrow (actually later today) we'll meet at Pat Kessler's clubhouse for a get together to share memories of our times together and to enjoy each other's company.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

A pet peeveIn his column titled Corpus Linguistics...

A pet peeve

In his column titled Corpus Linguistics, John Rosenthal, subbing for William Safire who is on vacation from his weekly «On Language» column in the New York Times Magazine (registration required), points out that «Linguists can generally be divided into two groups: prescriptivists, or those who hold that language is governed by fixed rules of grammar, and descriptivists, or those who believe that patterns of actual usage reflect the way the language is used.» The point of his article is that because of computers' ability to analyze massive volumes of data, the descriptivists are gaining more and more ability to argue for their point of view in this age of the Internet when common usage is so documented, accessible and easily manipulated. Never before has English as it is «spoken» everyday been so available for research. And never before, in the my opinion, has the language therefore faced such a vulgar onslaught and a profound threat.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

Big week ahead!I learned this past week that I had...

Big week ahead!

I learned this past week that I had gotten the promotion I applied for at work. It takes effect at the beginning of the next pay period on Sunday, August 18th. My new title will be Product Specialist. In this role, I'll function as an intermediary between the supervisor of our group and the agents. My other responsibilities will remain pretty much the same, but I'll do more coaching, handle calls from irate customers when the agents need help, and help to train new agents. It will provide a modest increase in salary, but the main thing is that it will give me a chance to make use of my experience and skills in ways that I can't currently. I'm looking forward to the challenge.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

Birthday picturesYesterday I attended Kaitlin's fi...

Birthday pictures

Yesterday I attended Kaitlin's fifth birthday party. Here are the pictures.

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By Perry, 6 years ago

Email guidelinesSubstituting for William Safire in...

Email guidelines

Substituting for William Safire in today's New York Times Magazine (registration required) On Language, Patricia O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman make some excellent points about trends they see in email and what they would suggest instead in an article titled Virtual. Though I'm sure I'm guilty of some of the abuses they describe, I fall into that category of writer who cares about the quality of writing in the email messages he sends. I am particularly bothered when I get a message from a friend that would give the impression he or she has never been educated, even at a basic level, about good writing. Misspelled words, no captialization, failing to bother to fill in the subject line, all these things bespeak carelessness or apathy. I'm confident that my correspondents don't mean to offend by such omissions or failures, but I believe that the digital record of our correspondence may well outlast or be more widely distributed than any other writing any of us ever does. Why, I wonder, don't people give more thought or concern to how they may be remembered by future generations, or even by this one?

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By Perry, 6 years ago

DreamsWhether you believe all the implications of ...

Dreams

Whether you believe all the implications of the interpretation of dreams that Freud and his followers have espoused, it is hard to deny that they do represent the mind's activity when we rest. In my experience, they often take the symbols of your thoughts and combine them in interesting ways with your emotions. Sometimes associating to the symbols in the dreams and commenting on what those symbols mean to you, the dreamer, can suggest some interesting things about what is going on in your mind and probably in your life.

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  • Cast in a new role:
    • David Steele: Perry: Last week when I was in Las Vegas I had the opportunity to see your house. It is gorgeous! I understand it is on the National Register of Historic Places and the fact you can walk to work each day to our business incubator on campus will be wonderful. I have absolutely fallen...
    • Jeff Nelson: Wow!!! I am tickled to death about this opportunity that has come your way at this time in your I really should be helping you with all of the particulars that go along with such a move, but find myself trying to keep up with the train of my life as it moves down...
    • Perry: Thank you, Tom. I'd welcome your visit if it works out.
    • Tom Wright: Perry: Didn't realize it was for 2 years--which doubles my chances I will get out there to see you. My friend Steve lives in Santa Fe and has extended an invite, so things are looking very New Mexico-ey for the future. Best of luck on this and everything.
    • Perry: Thank you, everyone, for your good wishes. In particular, to you Tish about the award you've given me, I can only quote Jack Benny who said, "I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either." ;-) Also thanks for pointing out the error you get when posting...
    • Tish: Perry, I'm getting a long list of code errors when commenting. You may want to check that out.
    • Tish: Congratulations, Perry! I hope everything goes well for you! :) Btw, I have presented you with a very well deserved award over on my blog. :)
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    • Lee Collier: I know this is an old thread, came up in google as I'm searching for an answer to an Ubuntu boot problem. Just had to mention: Perry - the reason that Gutsy is detecting your sound card in VMware but not running natively is that, as far as I know, VMware presents a very...

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