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Iran Tech

In an attempt to keep up with recent events and perhaps to also give a voice to those protesting in Iran, Facebook and Google both added Persian/Farsi versions to their services. Google translate is here. Facebook blog post about the new feature is here. In other news, Friendfeed has been blocked in Iran and itRead More…

Teaching Grandma

(Also on my EchoDitto blog) The other day I drove to my grandparents house with a mission: teach my grandmother how to use a computer. My 80-some year old grandparents just got a nice, new Mac laptop. Before last Thursday, neither of them had ever used a computer before. So, being the one grandchild inRead More…

The abandoned monkey who has found love with a pigeon

Okay, so it’s not really news, per say … and I’ve never put anything like this on my blog before… but how weird is this??

Who knew that cats could be so entertaining?

I didn’t! I discovered a new game to play with my cat. It’s very simple, yet seems to hold his attention more than any other game we’ve played. Though he has his squeaky mouse on a string, fuzzy rope, ball in a plastic hoop thingy, stuffed squirrel hanging from the door, glow in the darkRead More…

Off to Wyoming!

Adios for a week or so, I’m off to see my boy in Wyoming. Hopefully it’ll be relaxing & fun and a nice break from the DC air, traffic, and politics. So far the plan is to relax by the pool, read some books I’ve been meaning to read for a while, hike, hang outRead More…

If I lived in Springfield…

…apparently this is what I would look like. There aren’t a whole lot of choices on the Simpsons Movie site, but it’s pretty entertaining.

my temporary leave of absence

I’ve been gone for a while, but you all have kept my traffic to a respectable number, for which I am extremely grateful! I have two posts in the works — one about my 3 hour experience with Google Earth this weekend, and another that revisits the Yellow Line. Stay Tuned!