I’ve created new features in the http://www.pauldone.com domain using Google Apps. In case you don’t know Google apps are free domain tools that allow users to create team sites for creating, sharing, and publishing information in groups and for the world to see. The new sites are:
http://docs.pauldone.com - used to create and share documents, spreadsheets, [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by pdone
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Manassas, Virginia, USA
Population 35,135 (2000 Census)
Location: 38°45′5″N, 77°28′35″W
I drove around this afternoon taking pictures of the beautiful early spring day in Manassas. This town is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Located 25 miles west of Washington DC the community is a semi-rural respite from the nation’s capital.
The spring photos show some of the [...]
Posted on March 29th, 2008 by pdone
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A harbinger of Spring in Northern Virginia is the Cherry Blossom Festival. Today was the opening of the Cherry Blossom Festival in the Tidal Basin of Washington DC. The early morning weather was cool with a slight breeze, but he this did not stop the crowds. Parking was as always difficult to find but the [...]
Posted on March 29th, 2008 by pdone
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By N.C. Aizenman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 25, 2008; Page B05
“Federal immigration authorities converged on a Prince William County construction company just before sunrise yesterday, arresting 34 Latin American nationals for being in the country illegally.”
I applaud the efforts of law enforcement to enforce these laws. I am personally supportive of legal immigration. My [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by pdone
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This week I saw something that happens too often. A computer was damaged likely a result of electrical problems. After fixing this we took the computer and had the effected pieces replaced. The computer will work again just as new - but we need to start looking at these things differently.
The problem this computer had [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by pdone
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You ever have one of those days? You wake up, scratchy throat - weather doesn’t know if it wants to rain. Everyone seems to be so impatient and it rubs off. I had a day like that and all I could do was keep thinking Momma said there’d be days like this. Fortunately it is [...]
Posted on March 19th, 2008 by pdone
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I received an email that appeared to be from Amazon indicating that I was in violation of User Agreement. A simple email that came with a link even indicated that I should login to my Amazon Account to correct this matter. The trick was that this scam expected me to logon to a website from [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2008 by pdone
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Responsibility - 1: the quality or state of being responsible [taking] moral, legal, or mental accountability. (Source: MW Online)
Not a whole lot if this lately. This week we have a fallen governor [not the first], ongoing economic problems, sports celebrities being considered for perjury charges in Congress, and the list goes on. An underlying theme [...]
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by pdone
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Take a fascinating journey through the history and evolution of the institution that drives the global economy: the stock exchange. Through archival footage and photos, a behind-the-scenes visit to the trading floors and interviews with traders, financial experts and key figures in the field, including John Prestbo, markets editor of The Wall Street Journal, this [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2008 by admin
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Duct tape has been around since World War II when the US military used it for battlefield repairs. Since then it has been used for everything from wrapping cables to holding up Bubba’s bumper on his 1972 Chevy PickUp truck. What can’t you do with?
Maybe more important what can you do with duct tape? People [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2008 by pdone
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