March 2006
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Our Armor or No Armor
In the latest twist of the Iraq saga, Army officials have apparently banned the use of any armor other than that issued by the military. That's just stupid. I appreciate that you don't want someone to feel that they are safe when they are not. I appreciate that…
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United vs. US Airways
We took a whirlwind trip to Chicago over the weekend, stopping in for a few bites to eat, to take in a show and to visit the two of the three tallest buildings in the city. We made our plans last Wednesday, having planned well in advance to…
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Tony n' Tina's Wedding
Since we didn't make it out to any shows the night before, we decided to try and find something to do on our last night before heading home, and since we didn't want to stay out too late, we found the 5pm showing of Tony n' Tina's Wedding…
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France to the Rescue
While the ruling out of France that Apple must open iTunes continues to rumble, and some celebrate, you just have to wonder – how much is France worth, anyway? Will it even matter? Just what happens if Apple doesn't comply? They aren't allowed to offer a French version…
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No Postage Necessary
I'm sick of getting mail that I don't want. Sure, I've signed up at the DMA. It helped. I've told the credit bureaus that we don't want unsolicited offers. But we still get them. Three in the last two days. So I have a new idea. I'm just…
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The Exploding Baking Dish
Last night, as I was preparing dinner, I – very intelligently, as you will find out shortly – sat the baking dish to hold the casserole on the range. I likely wouldn't have done this previously, since we didn't have a flat range, and the range that we…
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What happened to Kenny Rogers?
Watching Good Morning America, and Kenny Rogers is singing now. I realize he can't be the Santa Clause-looking guy he was in the 80s (in fact, I winced when that picture came on earlier). But wow – he looks like he's had a lot of work done, he…
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List Your Subcategories in Order
If you use subcategories in Movable Type, you know that you need to think of them in alphabetical order. Otherwise when you add them, they won't be in order. How do you get them to look right?…
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Congressman Robin Hayes just called me!
I am so proud. I just received a message from Congressman Robin Hayes. Who would have thought that he would called me personally? I sure wouldn't have expected it! Even stranger, when he called, the caller ID came up as a Private Name and Private Number….
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Rebuilding Empty Categories
One thing that I've seen requested from time to time is the ability to rebuild empty categories. The problem is that Movable Type doesn't make this easy to do because when you rebuild entries, the rebuild routine loops over the entry table in order to determine which categories…