der5er on April 19th, 2008

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.

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der5er on April 16th, 2008

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. 
Now, travel [...]

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der5er on September 21st, 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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der5er on September 18th, 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!
The history o’ Talk Like [...]

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