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Inspired by Jason Kottke, I thought I'd make the list for myself. Funny that I don't feel like I've traveled much this year, because the list seems to show otherwise. Some of these are the same trip, though: Dublin/Belfast, Dublin/Cork, and London/Perth.

London, England
Perth, Scotland
Dublin, Ireland *
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Blue Ridge, GA *
Orlando, FL
Cork, Ireland
Houston, TX
St. Simons [...]

Lots of lists out this time of year, and lots of those lists have reasons why I'll be happy to see this decade in the history books. But this Medpage Today article reminded me that good things did and continue to happen. Here's the executive summary; hit the link for a few good paragraphs on [...]

Battle-scarred and weary looking, isn't it? These boots have been through a lot, and are going into well-deserved retirement. I'm pretty sure I got these boots while I was in grad school, which would make them about 18 years old (ouch). After 11 states and two countries, they have finally given up the ghost.

Chance and [...]

All hail my geeky greatness.

In September 2006, Lifehacker published an article on using wget to grab mp3 files from music blogs. That article was based in turn on Jeffery Veen's article, and that's where I found out about Fingertips Music. Every week, the editor of Fingertips publishes mini-reviews and links to three free-and-legal mp3s of indie bands. The criteria [...]