More from the Carillon

April 19, 2008
Carillon Tower

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Thursday afternoon Jeff called and said he needed to go back to the Carillon Friday morning. This time, I prepared myself and took my camera. Have a look around!  The full 8MP resolution can be found by clicking the image below, then clicking the little green arrow below the picture.

The View from the Top of the Carillon

April 16, 2008

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As part of my job, I inspect the work done by my technicians at cell sites.  From time to time, that part of my job takes me to places where I can get beautiful pictures from a vantage point that most Richmonders will never get.  Unfortunately, I never have a good camera with me. 
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The Original Text Smiley Turns 25!

September 21, 2007

:-) Digital Smiley Face Turns 25
The orignal text smiley was created on September 19, 1982.  You’ll recognize it as :-).   It has since morphed into all kinds of emoticons that can hardly be understood without a cheat sheet.  Here is the message board posting from Scott Fahlman that started it all:

19-Sep-82 11:44 [...]

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Talk Like A Pirate Day – September 19, 2007

September 18, 2007

Talk Like A Pirate Day – September 19
Ahoy me mateys!  That’s corrrrrrect e’errryone!  Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!  So, shiver me timbers and batten down the hatches! 
Got somethin’ t’ say?  Head o’errr t’ th’ pirrrate trrranslatorrr and figurrre out th’ pirrrate way t’ say it!
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