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Be Safe Online
hackers or crackers First, I’m sick of people blaming “hackers” for online security breaches. Hollywood may think that “hackers” are the people breaking online security, but I know too many computer...
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gift card vs. cool gift
Doing some last minute Chrishanukwandiwaleid shopping today, my friend was telling me why she hates gift cards. If you’re going to give a gift, she said, give an appropriate gift. If you want to give a...
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Merry Chrishanukwandiwaleid
Chrishanukwandiwaleid is defined as the inclusive holiday season encompassing Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali and Eid. Have a Merry one!
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2011 in review
Happy New Year! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600 times...
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Copying Art
Back in the days before copyright existed, it was not only common for artists to paint copies of famous art to learn how to paint, to learn their craft, but sometimes because that was the only way they...
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gentrification
When I was a child I didn’t much like downtown Waterloo because of the pervasive smell of the Seagram’s Distillery that hung over the city core. Those days are long past, as manufacturing that...
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Art, Murals and Contests
Although art competitions ostensibly exist to benefit the artists, the contest holder is always the chief beneficiary, as shown by a local hardware store’s mural contest a few years back. Murals The...
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Costume Parade [Part One]
One of my main reasons for starting this blog was to have a place I could share the cool costumes I’ve made for my son over the years. Sewing isn’t really my thing, so buying articles of clothing have...
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Costume Parade [Part Two]
1998: Year of the Cat Growing up with cat siblings, it was only natural that my son would want to be a cat one year. The cat costume made of thick fake fur was a particularly good choice for 1999′s...
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Costume Parade [Part Three]
2003: Frodo “The Fellowship of the Ring” inspired my son’s choice to become Frodo, which was possibly the most elaborate of all the costumes I’ve made. Perhaps I’m wrong, but I don’t think there were...
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