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Archive for January, 2005

New “Nature” Shots in Album

Filed under: Images by Lance on 1/30/2005

Erin’s best nature photos added to the album.

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Neal’s Celebrity Profile

Filed under: Lance's Corner by Lance on 1/29/2005

What do Harry Houdini, Jay Leno, Kirk Douglas, Mariah Carey, Michael Jordan, Neal Stephenson, Paris Hilton, and W. C. Fields have in common?
Umm, they are all famous? Guess again!
No, they don’t share birthdays. They are "Birth Mates".
How did I find this out? Neal has his tarot card reading, rune reading, [...]

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Chiva Falls Hike

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures by Lance on 1/26/2005

On New Year’s Day we had great weather! So we decided to head out to the hills. Accompanying Erin and I were Tom and Libby (Lance’s parents), Heidi and Jed (Lance’s sister and her husband), and friends Jeff and Maryann. It was a perfect day to be out hiking and exploring.

The trail (which is actually [...]

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The River that had Water!

Filed under: Images by Lance on 1/13/2005

One thing that is hard to understand when living in southern Arizona is the lack of actual water in the rivers here (they are usually sandy as a beach…without an ocean next to it).

Last month we had a huge rainstorm, which also dumped some snow on the Catalina Mountains. Erin and I were coming [...]

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2004 Command Line

Filed under: Lance's Corner by Lance on 1/7/2005

The Command Line in 2004 is a fan written update/annotation to Neal Stephenson’s 1999 essay “In the Beginning was the Command Line”.

The author even got permission to keep it online from Mr. Stephenson’s handlers. Sometimes you just have to ask.

One of my favorite bits from the new version:

”... pry open the cardboard box, wrestle [...]

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