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June 2004 - Posts

Soylent Green in Amsterdam

Posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:22 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
So, I think I’ve discovered something weird here. As far as I can tell, there are no ugly or overweight people here in Amsterdam. It’s kinda weird – it looks like a living, walking, talking Nordstrom catalog here. Everyone smiles. The Read More...
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Posted Monday, June 28, 2004 8:16 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I’m on a flight to Amsterdam, and I’ve already been convinced that I will * never * fly Northwest again (yes, I’ve already composed an email to their CEO). The seating in coach is actually worse than on 90% of the domestic flights I’ve Read More...
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Welkommen to Amsterdam

Posted Monday, June 28, 2004 2:24 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I'm here, waiting for the Regional Directors to arrive. Because of the weather, I decided to walk from the hotel, mainly as a way to stay awake today... These folks are seriously into their bicycles. This looks more like a food stop on the STP bike ride Read More...
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Notes from Dr. Weinberger's visit

Posted Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:09 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Listening to Dr. Weinberger twice in one day was like eating at a fine steakhouse, and having to take home a BIG doggybag. There’s a lot of little aha’s! I wrote down that I know are going to take time to digest… - the critical role Read More...
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My Dinner with David

Posted Monday, June 21, 2004 10:16 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I got to have dinner w/ David Weinberger tonight. Apparenyly he's written a couple really good books. It really was a highlight to spend some time with such a great mind. Thanks David for humoring us. An amazingly humble, engrossing human. We had a wonderful Read More...
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Testing BlogJet - please ignore

Posted Monday, June 21, 2004 4:53 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
Just seeing if blogjet's ftp support works... Read More...
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SpaceshipOne did it!

Posted Monday, June 21, 2004 2:15 PM by Shawn L. Morrissey
This is just so durn cool. Congrads to Paul Allen, Dick Ratan, and everyone else involved. Mike Melville (the pilot) made it to 68 miles up. I thought it was cool when one of the rockets I built made it to 17,000 feet – this just blows my mind&hellip Read More...
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Diskview - a great tool

Posted Monday, June 21, 2004 3:29 AM by Shawn L. Morrissey
I’ve been using Diskview for a while now, and I love it. It’s fully integrated w/ Explorer, so you can see a map like the one below for any folder. It’s great for finding the space hogs – looks like it’s time for me to archive Read More...
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