Dipity
michaelkpate: "Declining to operate on a sick grandmother means there is more money available to treat sick children." - p. 116 http://tinyurl.com/lgsfmd
michaelkpate: RT @mashable: GoDaddy Wants You to Go Twitter - http://bit.ly/h2Zj5 - not a problem for me as I own http://michaelkpate.com/
michaelkpate: Web Developer 1.1.7 does work with Firefox 3.5 but I had to install it manually
michaelkpate: "If [YouTube] were a bank, it would be eligible for TARP funds." - Malcolm Gladwell http://is.gd/1ilJo
michaelkpate: Melody - Movable Type Open Source has a new name and a new focus http://is.gd/1aeYh
michaelkpate: Opera Unite - http://is.gd/13Bfh Another attempt at Xanadu? http://is.gd/13BjK - we shall see
michaelkpate: Twitter is my passport! Verify Me! http://is.gd/QHl7
michaelkpate: LinkedIn Meets the New York Times http://post.ly/lJK
michaelkpate: "Every day that passes we realize how important Internet connectivity is to people's lives." - Cindy Cohn http://is.gd/OgwG
michaelkpate: "Obama is out of step with his party" - http://is.gd/O2ry
michaelkpate: First mention of Twitter - part of a discussion of open availability of proposals
michaelkpate: RT @WilHarris: Blizzard Does Not Believe People Quit World of Warcraft Because They Dont Play It http://bit.ly/15UDFD (via @philoking)
michaelkpate: "I am indeed fearful in writing this. It's really a bad idea to speak out. Angering the president is a mistake." - http://is.gd/CJIS
michaelkpate: Apparently Obama will be bringing detainees into the US over the objections of right-wing extremists like Harry Reid http://bit.ly/3FVh2m
michaelkpate: The efficiency of mail-rebates http://is.gd/Bqzd - if you call low redemption efficient
michaelkpate: Jurassic Park in your neighborhood? http://is.gd/z6TG - this is exactly the sort of thing that Michael Crichton was worried about
michaelkpate: @etherbrian WoW's main advantage is that the action take place in cyberspace... D&D requires more dedication and coordination
michaelkpate: Tonight's party is one reason I like having the Kindle app on my phone
michaelkpate: I found the problem with the projector... a slide switch on the side of the DVD player was switched to "Line In"
michaelkpate: Apparently someone changed a setting on the manual-less video projection system we use for Saturday matinees... We juryrigged a solution
michaelkpate: One of our public workstations (which should be locked down) has gotten something called "Personal Antivirus" installed on it
michaelkpate: Lost & Found in Cyberspace http://is.gd/roi0 - some heart-warming real world examples
michaelkpate: I had to replace my monitor as well because the old one has been acting strange for a few days - 1440x900 is much roomier than 1280X1024
michaelkpate: Had a patron ask for books about "spinal biffia"... I found her some books about "spina bifida"
michaelkpate: lrf-epub-tools - another lrf/epub converter http://bit.ly/qestT
michaelkpate: The Chas Freeman Affair - more complicated than some might have though http://bit.ly/wtJHi
michaelkpate: @weez42 Secretary Solis has a pretty unique background http://is.gd/kLIq
michaelkpate: One topic of discussion at our meeting yesterday was purchasing ebooks (mobipocket and drm pdf) from Overdrive
michaelkpate: http://michaelkpate.delivr.com/101ri - delivr is a very slick way to send websites via sms - works great on the iPhone
michaelkpate: A Bathroom Deconstructed http://is.gd/iBDh
michaelkpate: Just set my location in Google Latitude - feel free to stalk me at your leisure
michaelkpate: Nancy Killefer, Tom Daschle, and Bill Richardson vs Kimba Wood, Zoe Baird, and John Tower in a six-man mixed tag team match
michaelkpate: The President (once removed) makes a public appearance and the people cheer http://bit.ly/VVpr
michaelkpate: Watching Buzz Out Loud live over ustream on my iPhone is like getting a glimpse of the future
michaelkpate: I'm at Persimmon Ave & Bay St, Sebring, FL 33870, United States - http://bkite.com/0489p
michaelkpate: @abangbear That is perhaps the single biggest problem with the Democratic Party and Obama: caring about popularity in foreign opinion polls
michaelkpate: I'm at Bond Clinic - http://bkite.com/03X6v
michaelkpate: ALA Report to the Obama Transition Team - http://snurl.com/ahf4l
michaelkpate: delivered it safely to future generations. - twitter makes posting quotes hard sometimes :)
michaelkpate: Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back ...
michaelkpate: Gator Dominance http://is.gd/g6uu
michaelkpate: Government-sponsored Addiction http://is.gd/eTqF
michaelkpate: @sweettwitts If you want to run a system with Vista, I really recommend Vista 64 with a minimum of 4GB of Ram
michaelkpate: You guys are all still using Twitter? Isn't that so 2008 :)
michaelkpate: Dropping out of WoW for awhile just to prove I can... I did join the Librarians guild however (ran into a member)
michaelkpate: Orange Tree http://is.gd/dBv0
michaelkpate: PowerShot SD990 IS http://is.gd/dsAF
michaelkpate: @livedesk Why is Obama seat's staying open a problem as Bill just said? He barely used it over the last two years anyway
michaelkpate: @cyberczar yeah but WoW is down, too! This is terrible. :)
michaelkpate: I finally thought today might be the day to try playing some WoW... very much an Ultima 7 feel... just not sold on the clickfest interface
michaelkpate: My computer rebooted last night to install the IE security update... I almost feel safer
michaelkpate: @nirak thanks for the headsup on CHDK - I have been looking for something like that for years
michaelkpate: Interviews are over, choices made... Most interesting: all the negative comments over Windows Vista
michaelkpate: About to start the interviews...
michaelkpate: Everytime I launch Firefox Cooliris has a new update... I am all for new features, but this is getting to be a little much
michaelkpate: Happy with the Survivor finale... it vindicated my belief in the show after I was so sorely disappointed with last season's All-Star finale
michaelkpate: Someone just pointed me to a live stream of TDTESS.. I picked up a copy of the original on DVD at a Dollar Tree.. I think that is more fun
michaelkpate: @dcornwall Thanks for the page link - I like the of using the CommonCraft video as well
michaelkpate: just setup friendfeed realtime as a Chrome app window so I can compare that with twhirl
michaelkpate: Headed to the homestead... tweet you later
michaelkpate: Playing with GSV in Google Earth... very cool effects
michaelkpate: My library is now on Street View: http://is.gd/aSMs - I thought that would be years away
michaelkpate: I just bought Staind - The Singles from Amazon... trying to figure out the difference between "album version" and "lp version"
michaelkpate: The Avon Park Public Library's new Wii Gaming Setup... http://flickr.com/photos/michaelkpate/3084830749/
michaelkpate: Someone in the library has a computer beeping away and it is almost driving me insane...
michaelkpate: I'm at Avon Park Public Library (100 N Museum Ave, Avon Park, FL 33825, USA) - http://bkite.com/02wrZ
michaelkpate: It appears that the only theme that crosses over between gmail and igoogle is tea house so I chose that for both for now
michaelkpate: Facebook has finally achieved critical mass with my friends from high school.and things are growing exponentially now
michaelkpate: Eating potluck supper at gcpl
michaelkpate: Chatting with Renier.33265
michaelkpate: I just verified my on Knol http://tinyurl.com/65aboj although it hasn't updated the page yet
michaelkpate: How old is your work computer? http://tinyurl.com/669j38 - Mine dates back to May 2003
michaelkpate: My parents are trading in their '85 Nissan Maxima today... End of an era
michaelkpate: I made a lot of the ringtones I used with my Katana with phonezoo.com... makes them supereasy to transfer over to the iPhone
michaelkpate: One thing that impressed me last week that Michael Stephens showed was the usability of Twinkle when you weren't following too many people
michaelkpate: Paid 2.49 for gas. 1.10 less than last time
michaelkpate: shutting down twhirl while I learn to use camtasia studio... later
michaelkpate: I'm at Avon Park Public Library (100 N Museum Ave, Avon Park, FL 33825, USA) - http://bkite.com/01MYH
michaelkpate: At Gate 15 iat SYR... this airport is, like, completely empty... I walked through security by myself
michaelkpate: My now complete set of Pug Pictures - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelkpate/sets/72157607672618324/
michaelkpate: Lots of grey areas in enhancement
michaelkpate: Big discussion of new book lists
michaelkpate: Email notification through Polaris
michaelkpate: Biden said McCain opposed war in Bosnia; this article seems to say differently: http://www.iht.com/articles/1996/01/08/qanda.t.php
michaelkpate: My photos from PUG today - http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelkpate/sets/72157607672618324/
michaelkpate: Our local community college is offering a $35 on Introduction to Blogging... I am not sure whether to laugh or cry
michaelkpate: Just ordered a copy of David Lee King's Designing the Digital Experience http://tinyurl.com/4k9g2u
michaelkpate: I have a brochure from Comcast describing the digital offerings. I logged in the website to check something. The packages are not the same
michaelkpate: Audibooks on the Zune : http://www.libraryplanet.com/2008/09/16/zune - I actually was inspired to write a new post
michaelkpate: Vettel wins, Hamilton only loses a single point to Massa despite starting nine places behind... Good F1 Day
michaelkpate: Getting gas in Tampa is hard
michaelkpate: The update still didn't work... going to restart the computer and try again
michaelkpate: @bluedepth I just saw the itunes update as well
michaelkpate: No 2.1 update until Friday? How is that the "funnest?" Haven't they always come out before on the same day as the announcement?
michaelkpate: i was just thinking what would make my life complete is one of those fat 3G nanos... and now the store is down... will try again later
michaelkpate: @gruber fear is a powerful motivator
michaelkpate: Sarah Palin just gave the most incredible political speech I have ever seen
michaelkpate: @Intellagirl I haven't seen her debate but anybody who could shake up the entrenched corrupt Alaskan Republican establishment should do okay
michaelkpate: A dollar I once had in my possession - http://tinyurl.com/5qbfba
michaelkpate: Just bought Ladies and Gentlemen by Saliva after watching it on the NASCAR Opening Credits tonight
michaelkpate: Judging from the Twitterverse reaction, the Biden pick may not be generating the hoped-for enthusiasm
michaelkpate: watching the gnomedex livestream... cool, but perhaps not quite the same as being there, but a wee bit cheaper :)
michaelkpate: in case anyone was wondering - my last post included html entities that twitter converter for me even though I didn't ask it :)
michaelkpate: @sbspalding the fonts looked fine to me
michaelkpate: I gassed up my car - once more thing checked off on the Fay preparation list
michaelkpate: @RussB it was reported on TwiT that google has the Jaiku team busy adding presence to all of the Goog offerings. Jaiku is the new Dodgeball.
michaelkpate: Choice 3 - Bumpus by Bumpus http://tinyurl.com/5tn3ce
michaelkpate: getting ready to take a serious look at wordpress this afternoon
michaelkpate: Hurricane Fay has the potential to seriously put a damper on my week
michaelkpate: @technosailor I booked tickets for my first JetBlue flight just the other day - now you are making me nervous :)
michaelkpate: accomplished my summer goal - made this page http://tinyurl.com/2ov3qe at 973
michaelkpate: on my way to see The Dark Knight... I decided I waited long enough :)
michaelkpate: @karlerikson I first tried WP back in '04 and could not learn to love it, but most of my issues with it have been resolved since then
michaelkpate: @karlerikson how about the shuttle interface for wordpress? http://tinyurl.com/5c4snu
michaelkpate: http://tinyurl.com/5sp4au - Life imitating Art in the Georgian Conflict
michaelkpate: http://tinyurl.com/6zhrw2 - got sent this by one of our library patrons
michaelkpate: While I am waiting for iTunes to complete the process, a little Buffy Animation action... http://tinyurl.com/5ow8to
michaelkpate: Beginning ipod touch firmware update... always a scary process :)
michaelkpate: just finished bioshock... it was pretty good, but not as impressive as the hype had indicated
michaelkpate: I was walking by a van making a funny noise... then I realized they were playing the intro to "Hot for Teacher" on the speakers
michaelkpate: twhirl is displaying posts by @infobunny and @hotdogsladies right now... apparently black & white line drawing avatars are all the rage
michaelkpate: Twitterific doesn't seem to be caching avatars... That seems somewhat inefficient to me
michaelkpate: they both worked after a second sync attempt
michaelkpate: preparing ipod software for restore
michaelkpate: I'm at Avon Park Public Library (100 N Museum Ave, Avon Park, FL 33825, USA) - http://bkite.com/00STM
michaelkpate: Back from my Rotary Luncheon... I think I did passably okay :)
michaelkpate: Dave Winer says Twitter is down for good... funny, it seems to be working for me
michaelkpate: A momentous occassion in American History - the Supreme Court recognizes what the Framers actually meant when they wrote the 2nd Amendment
michaelkpate: @mrichme ours all list district addresses http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/board.html Florida has pretty strict public record laws
michaelkpate: If lots of people search for something online, does that mean it is okay? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/technology/24obscene.html
michaelkpate: My authority record report is down to 143 pages... more than halfway done
michaelkpate: Shirley Jackson was born in 1916 but wanted everyone to think she was born in 1919 like her husband - found in her lc authority record
michaelkpate: I deleleted the tweet where I posted my ymail.com address... no need to make it too easy for spammers
michaelkpate: Just picked up my rocketmail address... system seems to have calmed way down now
michaelkpate: Installing Firefox 3 on my home computer but had to go to download.com to get a working link still
michaelkpate: http://tinyurl.com/68zmmx I am not sure that 1pm was the best time to start the 24-hour period after all
michaelkpate: Firefox 3 calls the address field the Awesome Bar because it supports keyword search - didn't NN4 support that a decade ago?
michaelkpate: The AP doesn't want anyone linking to their stories... I just opened up two CNET stories I found on Techmeme... Why is the AP being so dumb?
michaelkpate: Settling in to watch the LifeLock 400 while the last 3.8% of Doctor Who downloads
michaelkpate: "Believing in God Makes You Stupid," followed by "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Does this mean Google is God? Not in my philosophy, H
michaelkpate: @laurasolomon I am not about to quit my job but I do know how they feel :)
michaelkpate: Just wiped out Firefox from my workstation after it froze up on me one time too many... going to do a fresh install with a brand new profile
michaelkpate: The photographs I took earlier today... http://www.flickr.com/photos/myhlc/sets/72157605080948681/
michaelkpate: Going to be spend the day at the Okeechobee County Public Library today helping them with some website design and maintance and other stuff
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