Monthly Archives: October 2004

Thankful

By danieldyl | Published: October 30, 2004

I picked up my new glasses yesterday from the optometrist. I needed new ones for my herculean eighteen-month old wrenched apart my eyeglass frames (I knew I shouldn’t have handed them to him as an appeasement gesture). When I had my eye exam a couple of weeks ago, the optometrist told me that my vision [...]

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Choo-choo Wi-Fi

By danieldyl | Published: October 27, 2004

Now this is what I’m talking about. Free wi-fi on the train. This particular line runs through our city to Santa Clara where I work. This may just convince me to take the train to work again.

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Christ. Period.

By danieldyl | Published: October 24, 2004

Christdot.org acquires a new look as it joins the Gospelcom network.
Update: Eep! At this very moment Christdot is being defaced by Brazilian hackers (could they possibly be from the Cidade de Deus? naah).
Update 2: Okay, looks like everything is back to normal.
Update 3: Here’s a screenshot of the defacement.

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My First eBay Experience

By danieldyl | Published: October 7, 2004

I went in knowing I was a little wet behind the ears but I didn’t know I was coming out a sucker. I guess I was too eager to scoop up the “rare find” DVDs. Maybe it was the rush of winning my very first bid. In any case, my first few purchases at eBay [...]

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Flip-Flop-a-thon

By danieldyl | Published: October 6, 2004

From a flyer that my son brought home from school the other day:

FLIP FLOP A-THON!
My name is Jennifer, I am a 6th grader here at Brookvale. I am trying to make a simple wish of an American Soldier in IRAQ come true. His wish:
To put a pair of flip-flops on every child in Iraq.
Due to [...]

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