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the next will be for 1st degree

24 Oct 2009

I had my second pretest today. The last one before I will (fingers crossed) test for my first degree black belt. Even more awesome is that my dad is finally (fingers crossed again) testing for his fourth degree on the same day.
I went to my dad’s black belt testing for his first degree. I remember [...]

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an accomplishment

In: random thoughts| technology

9 May 2009

I have wanted to create a website from scratch for awhile now, but it’s really hard to get motivated when you don’t have a specific project. I toyed with the idea of building a website to house my blog, but wordpress is just so easy to use and besides my blog, I don’t know what [...]

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Tags: kils tae kwon do

online photo editing, quick and easy

In: technology

11 Mar 2009

I’m working on the newsletter at work. For the last month and for a couple more I’m previewing online photo editing applications. I love it. They are all really similar but give picnik and fotoflexor a try.
Here are the last 2 I did.

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Tags: fotoflexor, picnik

oh the neglect – linky links

In: technology

5 Mar 2009

Wow I’m not doing a very good job of keeping this updated. I’m going to try harder I promise. Here are some links I’ve been hoarding in my Google Reader from Mashable.
I’ve been told often that I ruin people’s professional lives because I’m so good at finding distracting things.
You are welcome.
20 of the Best Web [...]

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twitter and productivity

In: technology

11 Feb 2009

I sit at a desk all day at work. While I am actually working I do like to be distracted by Twitter. I have the extention for Twitter in Firefox called Twitterfox. I like it alot. I did turn off the pop-ups because really that is VERY distracting.
I’ve read some tweets about promoting yourself and/or [...]

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backing up gmail

In: technology

7 Feb 2009

I had a 2 second period where I might have had a mini heart attack. I needed to get into gmail and it kept coming up with an error. My life is pretty much invested in google. I keep everything important there because it’s so easy to access. It got me thinking, should I be [...]

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Tags: gmail, google, google docs

multiple gmail accounts

In: technology

6 Feb 2009

Dear Google,
I was skimming my Google Reader today and I saw post on Mashable about Gmail getting multiple inboxes. I nearly peed my pants in excitement. Like many others I have a sickness, I have about 5 gmail accounts. I’d love to be able to manage each of the inboxes at the same time instead [...]

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Tags: gmail, google, mashable

the technology age gap

In: technology

25 Jan 2009

I was chatting with my friend L the other night on the way to a movie. I was telling her about how I was starting another blog for my more “professional” side and how C is still weird about this thing many of us use on a daily basis, called the Internet.
C is six years [...]