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In Memoriam – Anastasia DeSousa

Posted by plattapuss on September 13th, 2007

A year ago today, a senseless shooting at Dawson College, in Montreal Quebec unfolded. A few students were injured. One student died. On September 19th last year I posted a short poem to the family and friends of Anastasia on another site I work on.
Anastasia’s father posted the only comment, which to this day [...]

Google adds a special treat to its latest Google Earth 4.2

Posted by plattapuss on September 7th, 2007

If you haven’t yet downloaded Google Earth 4.2, then now is the time. I won’t tell you what it does, but trust me on this one. Download Google Earth 4.2, launch it, and then on the Mac press Command-Option-A, wait a second and then, Voila! Complete instructions on how to use this cool new feature [...]

Apple uses Microsoft .NET servers

Posted by plattapuss on September 7th, 2007

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Last week I bought a new iMac 20 inch to replace my old G5 Dual 2.7GHz machine. A promo came with the new iMac for a Free iPod Nano from Apple. While filling in the promo rebate form (http://www.apple.com/promo/rebate) I made a mistake and need to go back one page. Without thinking too [...]