Month: March 2007
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Application for Minnesotazenship
Personal Information:Name ___________________sonSex: ___ Ole ___ LenaHome Address ________________ Cabin Address________________Religion: _____ Lutheran ______ CatholicIncome: ____ We do OK ____ We’re Blessed ____None of your beeswaxQualifications: (check all that apply) ___ I own a gas powered ice auger.___ Fargo floods hit a little close to home.___ I can name a dozen celebrities who’ve stayed at…
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Celebrity names
People are encouraged to chip in and help, not because of some political agenda or because they try to be ‘good people,’ but simply because it helps themselves more than not…Linux Torvalds on GPL v2Linus Torvalds incorrectly identified as the name of his creation “Linux” in a quote from the InformationWeek Daily Newsletter today. Very…
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Depression
When we are feeling unloved and depressed and empty inside, finding someone to give us love is not really the solution.Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D.
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End of an era
Microsoft says [Today] Visual FoxPro 9.0 will be its last version of the development software, though support for the product will extend through 2015.eWeek At one time, the xBase languages, dBase, Clipper, and FoxPro ruled the earth, and now they’ll fade away. They were once great client server tools, but the web changed everthing, and…
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Freedom
They came, they saw, they did a little shopping.Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, following the lifting of travel restrictions on East Berliners
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You know you’re from Minnesota when…
You use a down comforter in the summer.Your grandparents drive 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a blizzard, without flinching.You see people wearing hunting clothes to social events.You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both doors unlocked.You think of the major food groups as venison, walleye, and Leinenkugels.You think…