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My Internet connection is still down and my exercise program is still on track, despite having had to walk in the rain this morning. I've now been walking for four days in a row for about 30 to 40 minutes each day. It helps, in a way, that I don't have the Internet to capture my attention when I first get up, because that leaves me free to go for the walk. Comcast tells me that they will be out on Monday to get me re-connected, and if they are successful, I will have been without access to either television or Internet service for four days. It seems more like 4 years!

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When I got home from work last night my cable service was out, and it remains so this morning. I am composing this entry from my son, Mike's, house, using his computer and his connection to the Internet. I'll post more once I regain access to the online world.

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Again this morning I took another stroll around the neighborhood to get my morning exercise. That's two days in a row. Hooray! for me.

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This morning I walked from 6:11 AM until 6:42 AM at a brisk pace around the neighborhood. It was a pleasant experience. To gauge the pace, I counted my steps for a minute and found it to be 115 steps per minute. I didn't take my pulse at the conclusion of the walk, but I could tell that I had gotten my heart rate up and my lungs were given a good workout. I don't have any idea how many days I can keep it up, but I have a string of one day in a row going, so maybe I can add to it. It's just about putting one foot in front of the other. One step at a time; one day at a time.

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This article in today's New York Times about the London bombings, Witnesses Post Instant Photos on the Web to Capture Drama, points out that ...

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Yesterday, James Prudente released version 1.0 of MixCast Live.

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This link: invites you to «check your computer and connection for 'webcast-readiness' with these preview files.» All of this is in preparation for the upcoming webcast of the SPEBSQSA International Contest of Barbershop Quartets and Choruses that will take place in Salt Lake City between July 4th and July 9th. If you have a fast connection to the Internet, you can see and hear the contest ... for a fee. The fee for the broadband connection is $50.00, but I can promise you that it'll be worth it if you have any interest at all in this sort of thing. They've been doing these broadcasts for the last two or three years, and they are spectacular, and they are getting better each year. As with most things on the Internet, the faster your connection, the more you will be likely to enjoy it, simply because the webcast is so much better when it doesn't slow down or break up because of a slow connection.

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Originally uploaded by Dr Reelgood.

Happy 4th of July, everyone.

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It just occurred to me that I still had the temporary work around (the first one recommended by Blogger Buzz) in my Blogger template that I had implemented to eliminate the excess white space after the post headline. So I went back and removed that temporary work around code, and when I did, that made the new fix, just released yesterday, work. Hooray!!!!! Thank you, Blogger Support.

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First test of the Blogger Buzz solution mentioned in the previous post shows it doesn't resolve my issue. Drat!

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