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It is way past time I cleared off some tabs from my Firefox …<\/p>\n

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  1. Harrumph.  I purchased a copy of Contacts Plus<\/a> as a way to use my Outlook address book without loading Outlook.  Now I find out that (a) it’s no longer being supported (though that does mean it’s available for free), (b) it actually loads a portion of Outlook to access the data file (probably less overall footprint, but it does mean it takes a while to load it up), and (c) it doesn’t support Cateogories, which rendered it a lot less useful when it came time to print Christmas Card labels (though it does have good label support).<\/li>\n
  2. Speaking of Outlook, here’s an interesting service I’ve seen recommended for syncing Outlook and Google Calendars<\/a>.   Marking as a reference for later review.<\/li>\n
  3. And speaking of Outlook, SimplyFile<\/a> is about 80% of what I want from a mail system — an add-on to Outlook that looks at how you move mail into folders and develops its own rules about it to do it for you.  Except it doesn’t — it simply suggests a folder and lets you do the click to do it.  Not good enough …<\/li>\n
  4. How to attach this to that<\/a>.  “Because people have a need to glue things to other things.”<\/em> <\/li>\n
  5. As we were sitting through Nona’s funeral (etc.) this week, my thoughts turned to my own — not in a morbid fashion, but in a planning fashion.  I’ve already started scribbling down hymns I particularly like (Margie knows where the list is), but I’ve not done any thinking about readings or anything.  Bookmarking this<\/a> to go back and look.  Being Episcopalian, there’s all sorts of interesting (to me) liturgical bits available for such things.  Not that I expect I’ll be terribly interested in what’s going on after I shuffle off this mortal coil — but I have an interest in it now,<\/em> y’know?  Oh, and I want a huge marble tomb marker, with lots of weeping angels and everything, okay?  And a huge party …<\/li>\n
  6. The readings will probably not include the Nine Most Bad-Ass Bible Verses<\/a>, however (via DOF<\/a>)<\/small>.<\/li>\n
  7. Yes, this<\/a> is one of Margie’s Swedish cousins.  Had an inquiry about the domain name recently from a rep.<\/li>\n
  8. Linguistic coincidences<\/a>.  Didn’t I already post that?<\/li>\n
  9. Monopoly with Real Money<\/a> — in World War II.<\/li>\n
  10. Cool — a new hardcover edition<\/a> of the Aspirin\/Foglio MythAdventures<\/em> graphic novels.<\/li>\n
  11. What it means to be a Christian after George W. Bush<\/a>.  It’s ironic that the Religious Right have probably done more harm<\/em> to the cause of Christianity world-wide (not to mention in the US) than any other recent historical person, group, or movement.  Arguably, the rise of so-called “militant atheism” (Dawkins and the like) are almost directly a result of the actions of Bush et al. in the last several years.<\/li>\n
  12. If you’re suing your employer, using a company computer to discuss things with your attorney<\/a> means you lose the presumption of privacy of such communciations.  Duh.<\/li>\n
  13. Sex in space<\/a>?  “Twenty positions were tested by computer simulation to obtain the best 10, he says. ‘Two guinea pigs then tested them in real zero-gravity conditions. The results were videotaped but are considered so sensitive that even Nasa was only given a censored version.’  Only four positions were found possible without ‘mechanical assistance’. The other six needed a special elastic belt and inflatable tunnel, like an open-ended sleeping bag.”<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. How do you raise smart kids?  Don’t tell them they’re smart<\/a>.  Oops …<\/li>\n
  15. More super-duper-accurate atomic clocks<\/a> are on the way.  Spiffy.<\/li>\n
  16. Anaesthesia awareness<\/a> — being awake but paralyzed during surgery — is a lot more rare than popularly thought.  But it’s still pretty damned creepy.<\/li>\n
  17. On the other hand, it’s less daunting that the prospect of the male equivalent of a Brazilian wax<\/a>, as described in personally-experienced detail by Christopher Hitchens.  “The combined effect was like being tortured for information that you do not possess, with intervals for a (incidentally very costly) sandpaper handjob.”<\/em> <\/li>\n
  18. Trailer for the next Narnia flick, Prince Caspian<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  19. Unique Visitors vs Time Spent vs Page Views<\/a> — fight!<\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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