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In the preferred pronunciation of “often”, the “t” is silent. I hear more and more people pronouncing the “t”, so I expect that through common usage it may gradually become acceptable. Espresso doesn’t have an “x” in it, though you often hear people pronounce it as if it did. Did you have a “real-a-tor” help […]

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I sat next to a Pro Football Hall of Famer, Joe Perry tonight at a wedding reception. Had a very interesting conversation with him. He was the first black player for San Francisco in 1948, and he says it wasn’t easy. Many of the players didn’t want him around. He also talked about serving on […]

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Mozilla has released a new security update to Firefox. If you are set to receive updates automatically, it may have already happened for you. Check to see that you are using version 1.5.0.2 (Help, About). Nothing noticeable has been changed, it just improves your security. All my extensions are still working fine.

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Derek is doing the long jump, high jump and triple jump this year in track. Last week there was an invitational track meet with 8 schools participating. Derek won the long jump event with the longest individual jump of 19′ 7″. Not bad to be the best out of 8 schools! There is an asterisk, […]

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I wish President Bush would learn to pronounce “nuclear” correctly.

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Well, my 60″ Sony TV is going back from whence it came. The picture was beautiful, colors saturated, excellent detail. But that “grainy” overlay (the much lamented “Silk Screen Effect”) was just too intrusive for me. Whenever I sat down to watch, I’d be absorbed in the show, and then suddenly the grain would pop […]

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Here’s some more free software that I’ve used recently. Why pay money, when there are such good free alternatives! I’ve used the commercial program “Retrospect” backup software, and it works OK, but I’ve recently discovered a free backup program that I like even better. It’s Cobian Backup. It will back up the files on your […]

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