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Monthly Archives: October 2006

How Microsoft can save the world

25-Oct-06

This is a cross-post from the Green Computing forum that I recently convinced SilentPCReview.com to create (the interest of silence freaks and eco-computing are actually closely aligned most of the time). I actually think the following is an achievable goal with a meaningful potential impact on the environment:
As Vista prepares for a delayed takeoff, I’m [...]

Sickness in the family

19-Oct-06

This past week or two, my home computer has been on the fritz. With no intention to trivialize real parental responsibilities, in some ways it was almost like having a sick child. I would go to work and constantly think about whether, when I got home, the computer would magically “be better.” I spent hours [...]

at Play

13-Oct-06

Walking home tonight I passed the usual traffic knot on Western Ave, just south of Central Square. The motorists there were working themselves up to the usual froth of honking, frustration venting as sound like steam in a kettle. But something happened as I listened — at some point the honking stopped and was replaced [...]

Moonrise / Sunset

06-Oct-06

I haven’t even gotten around to uploading our vacation pics from Aug-Sep, but here’s some I snapped tonight while biking home from Newton. The first is taken from the Lars-Anderson Bridge over the Charles River: Moonrise over Leverett House, with crane:

The second is taken from the Western Ave Bridge, looking towards Allston: