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Entries from February 2005

Herzelein

February 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off · Geocaching

Here’s a picture of our first Geocaching success story, Herzilein. We took him (her?) out to dinner at Hanafuda, then went to the village of Hana a couple of nights, went to the store, and finally said farewell somewhere on the south coast of Maui.
I’m currently reading up on the whole geocache game, hunt, [...]

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It’s A Gas, Gas, Gas

February 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off · Moblog, Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

So we drove up to the top of Haleakala, the House of the Sun, on Maui. And then we noticed that we had 1/16th of a tank of gas and we were 20 miles from the nearest gas station.
So went back down Haleakala, the House of the Sun, in neutral. Whee! And singing [...]

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Dogged Determination

February 23rd, 2005 · 2 Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness

I have had 34 years’ worth of mutts and all but one of them is gone. Their ashes sit in nice little cans or pots on a bookshelf. Every once in a while, one of the containers catches my eye and I find myself saying, “That was a great dog,” even about the one who [...]

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TiVo Hacker Snacks, Anyone?

February 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off · Clan: McTiVo

Bloggers who watch television love TiVo. And TiVo’s just announced their TiVo Developer Challenge. If you’re a Java hacker, check out the Sourceforge project to get the SDK, and win yourself a share of the available prizes.
Via 6A/ProNet

Blogger. Check
Loves TiVo. Check
Java hacker. Check

Sounds like a job for my husband David, AKA Super Hubby!
Hmm. Okay, some [...]

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I’m Here All Week

February 22nd, 2005 · 2 Comments · SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

Talking on the phone just now with some guy who was booking a trip to Las Vegas. He was on the hunt for a cheap sleep, so we checked different choices. I noted that the account’s “preferred” hotels in Vegas were a mixed bag, including a chain whose nam is frequently translated from Spanish to [...]

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