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Beren & Dior Advance in Shotokan

My son Dior and I started Shotokan “hard-style”  karate last fall. If you are not familiar with the martial arts, Shotokan is the traditional form of Karate developed on the island of Okinawa and popularized by Gichin Funakoshi. There are…
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2008’s Top Reads

Hey thanks for reading my posts. It’s fun writing things – it helps me learn things faster and if I can help get the word out about something new and innovative then that’s good too. Here’s a list of the…
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Firefox 3.1-b2 – Big Speed Boost

I gave Firefox 3.1b2 a try last night and am seriously impressed with the speed improvements. The speed-up is probably website dependent, but on many sites that are Javascript heavy, there is no doubt that the new TraceMonkey engine is…
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Tangled in Melian’s Web

To all my friends out there wondering where “Beren” has been journeying and why the waters of Tarn Aeluin have been so still, many apologies. I was stuck in a parallel to Melian’s girdle that ensnared Beren Erchamion and ultimately…
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What a day!

Well I have to tell this story because I had a great day today. I was asked to come into my son’s 1st grade class and talk about what exactly I do where I work. I admit when I was…
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