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July 7, 2005 - Thursday As the death count rises, I just want to express my sorrow and sympathy to the families of the innocent victims. I would like to think that our world is a civilized place, but then this happens to remind us that it isn't. Why can't everybody learn to get along?
SecondCopy.com - Backup Program
Leo
Laporte said he uses
Second Copy
to backup his documents from one drive to another. I
decided to try it. They offer a 30-day complete version
free trial. So far I like it. I'll probably buy it.
Since hard
drives fail eventually, having a regular backup is
comforting.
July 6, 2005 - Wednesday Are You an Extrovert? Introvert? Intuitive? Logical? Many thanks to J.C. for this link to a personality test. Unlike some of the more popular personality quizzes such as "What Superhero are You?", this has a scientific basis. It is only a short version and so can't be considered conclusive. Still, it does offer some insights. Check it out --> http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. I was an ENTJ. Some of the questions I could have easily answered a different way so I took the test a second and a third time and came out as an INTJ both times. My sister, D, took it and her results showed ESFJ.
July 5, 2005 - Tuesday
I
got a new DV camera. I loved shooting little videos with
my digital camera, but in order to get a good edited
movie, it takes a LOT of film, great will power to edit
out most of the scenes, many hours in a day and plenty
of hard drive space. Whew! This is not for anyone with
old computers and little power or space. It is much more
work than photoshopping still images, but it is
interesting. I am gaining experience with it and hope to
produce better movies, eventually.
July 4, 2005 - Monday I hope all of you have a great holiday. Right now, Mother Nature is putting on a lightning and thunder show with a little hail, even, but this is summer which means sudden, unpredictable 30-minute storms, a good thing. We can use the rain. I took a movie of the thunder and lightning with my new Canon Optura 500. Alas, the rain doesn't cool things down for long. It makes the air even muggier and encourages mosquitos. Still, the plants need it and there'll be less grass fires from the fireworks tonight.
July 3, 2005 - Sunday In Search of the Perfect Chocolate Mint Ice Cream
My
husband has been on a quest (and I am helping him) to
find the best chocolate mint ice cream. So far, the
clear winner is Baskin-Robbins. Now, we want to find a
grocery store variety so we can take home a
half-gallon at a reasonable cost.
July 2, 2005 - Saturday
My
daughter and I decided to eat lunch at the newest
Italian restaurant in town,
Carrabbas Italian
Grill. In this city, new restaurants are
usually filled to capacity so we decided to leave early
to get a seating.
July 1, 2005 - Friday
I
like H.G. Wells - at least, I liked The Time Machine. My
husband did, too, but in watching the previews for
War of the Worlds,
he thought this looked like just another horror/disaster
movie that he had no interest in attending, so I went
without him today.
It got high reviews at RottenTomatoes.com and I have to agree. I was never bored even though I went to the theater more in the mood for a nap than a movie and came out very grateful for lazy summer days and sunlight.
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