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Washington’s Crossing (David Hackett Fischer)
I just finished reading Washington’s Crossing, part of the “Pivotal Moments in American History” series published by Oxford University Press, and written by David Hackett Fischer. The book is about the battle of Trenton and the winter campaign of 1776-77. … Continue reading
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Unsecured wi-fi + Gmail = Bad News
Oy. Apparently it’s a really bad idea[ZDNet.com] to use GMail (or any other cookie-session based web service, for that matter) on a public or unsecured wi-fi hotspot. For GMail, logging in using https://www.gmail.com/ should head off this particular vulnerability, but … Continue reading
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Anniversary getaway
Tomorrow we’ll be taking off right after work to spend the weekend away for our first anniversary (!). We’re not telling where we’re going just yet, but we’ll have some pictures and description when we get back.
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Al Qaeda images analyzed to reveal interesting info
Computer researchers recently made some interesting discoveries [Wired.com] by doing image analysis on Al Qaeda-published images. It turns out that they are able to detect which details in an image have been photoshopped or otherwise artificially manipulated. Apparently most of … Continue reading
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Vacation: Day 8 (Travelling Home)
Wednesday was our last day of vacation. For breakfast we headed to visit with Elisabeth’s friends George and Rita, who we hadn’t been able to see earlier. Elisabeth with George and Rita. Fortunately, since our flight didn’t leave until 8:30 … Continue reading
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Vacation: Day 6 (Zion National Park)
[Ed. note: these events took place on Monday, July 16th. We are now back in Indiana and working on finishing up posting about the last few days of our vacation.] Monday we decided to visit Zion National Park, just a … Continue reading
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Vacation: Day 4 (Saturday in St. George)
Our first full day in St. George was a blast! We began by sleeping in. It was great, since we hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep in the several previous nights. We are now staying with the Wrights just outside … Continue reading
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Vacation: Day 3 (Pt. I: Exploring)
The third day of our vacation began with us leaving the Bryce Canyon area, headed for St. George, Utah for the rest of our vacation. We took our time getting back, with lots of detours and exploring along the way. … Continue reading
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Vacation: Day 1 (Traveling)
Our first day of vacation was pretty grueling. We spent pretty much the entire day (and then some) traveling. Our first flight left Indianapolis a little after 4 pm. We had a short layover in Denver, and arrived in Las … Continue reading
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Great commercial
Right now we’re in the terminal at the Indy airport waiting for our flight. It’s going to be a pretty long day—we don’t arrive in Las Vegas until affter 10 pm EDT and then have a four or five hour … Continue reading
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