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Entries from March 2007

Fear, Intimidation and Free Speech

March 26th, 2007 ·

One of my favorite writing inspiration sites is Creating Passionate Users, Kathy Sierra’s marvelous technology blog.
Today, Kathy has an appalling post on why she was forced to cancel her appearance at ETech - her life has been threatened by some cretin cyber-bullies.
I am shocked and angry that Kathy is in danger. While I don’t personally […]

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Tags: Communities · Friends · Rants

Virginia’s Royal Visit Confirmed

March 21st, 2007 ·

The 18-month Jamestown 400 commemoration got a big boost with this announcement today:
The Following Statement Is Issued By The Press Secretary To The Queen
The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will pay a State Visit to the United States of America from 3 to 8 May 2007.
Her Majesty will visit Virginia from 3 to […]

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Tags: Virginia

eBay Phishing Expedition

March 15th, 2007 ·

While I’ve been silent a lot lately, I haven’t been idle. My most recent project has been helping a former client sell some equipment on eBay. Yes, eBay - I haven’t used them in a few years, but their audience *is* massive, and he wants to clean out his storage unit, so I agreed to […]

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Tags: Communities · Lessons