“The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost

We had to recite a poem from memory in Ms. William’s English class in 8th grade.  I chose this famous poem and still remember it to this day.  I love this poem…
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
 
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,  
And sorry I could not travel both  
And be one traveler, long I stood  
And looked [...]

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The Internet Gives You Control | Printer Fun

Blinking lights meant my printer needed help from an Epson service technician, my owner’s manual said.  Internet to the rescue yet again!  You really can find anything on the internet.  Reading through forums, these blinking lights are often blinking lights of death which means more trash in the landfill since it’s often cheaper to buy a new printer [...]

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The Problem With Control

I want it.  The antecedent of “it” being control.  Like with this blogsite/website.  Throw your files and thoughts into a template that someone else designed.  Quick!  Easy!  And it looks pretty clean.  But the problem comes when I want to start tweaking it to do my precise will.  Then I find myself spending hours trying [...]

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More Fun With Google Maps

Playing around with some maps… From Google’s TOS:
“There are some uses of the API that we just don’t want to see. For instance, we do not want to see maps that identify the places to buy illegal drugs in a city, or any similar illegal activity.”

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