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Comment on Quinoa-Beet Salad by Carol

Carol — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:42:58 +0000

Pretty yummy!

We had beets with hummus and yogurt on a bed of escarole (sauteed with garlic) last night–beets from the CSA box. Also quite yummy.

Comment on Protecting American Citizens from Snow Globe Threats by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:44:14 +0000

I had my small Statue of Libery snowglobe confiscated at JFK yesterday! How ridiculous that they think we’re stupid enough to believe that it is for safety measures! The security guard gently put it in the trash, after telling me I didn’t have enough time to go and check the bag. If I had checked it, it would have been broken by the baggage handlers! I am so angry over this. Mine was only $15 (plus tax, of course) but my girlfriend had one too, and hers was around $40. The handler even told her she would mail it to her only to be shot down by security! Then I noticed that after we got through there there was stuff in glass bottles for sale like alcohol and perfume! WTF? It has NOTHING to do with security and everything to do with trying to force you to buy crap from the airport! If it was a “security” issue, then pretty soon they’ll be telling us that people’s glasses could be used as a weapon, and making people take eyesight checks to verify that they need glasses. The same thing goes with water- there is nothing in a sealed bottle of water that could be dangerous- but the Pro Active I saw for sale has chemicals in it that could burn your eyes, same as perfume!
This country has got to pull it’s head out of it’s ass and start taking back the rights we have as citizens of a supposedly free nation!

BTW, I am sending a bill to Delta, the FAA, and the White House. Maybe it’s time someone wakes up and realizes that they have gone too far! People need to start demanding that we quit being treated like terrorists and start being treated like citizens of a country that relys on it’s tax payers to bail their butts out every time we turn around!

Comment on Creative Job Hunting Technique by Erik

Erik — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:57:03 +0000

Hell, if it works, I might try it myself…

Comment on How to Open a Coconut by Dan Shapiro

Dan Shapiro — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:39:47 +0000

I once used a tablesaw. Works great – you set the blade depth so it goes through the outer shell, but not the meat. Be careful since if the saw catches it will send the coconut flying at very high speed and something could get severed…

Comment on Teabaggin’ by TRH Duke

TRH Duke — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:02:32 +0000

if you are going to write about technology then stick to it – personally, if you started reading truly research material instead of listening to the teen angst of ‘the kos’ you would realize that Statism is not the answer to solving the problems Obama pretends to be able to solve. nuff said – consider me unsubscribed

fyi: I would be suprised if you published this as it takes a bit more wherewithall than you seem to have

Comment on Knitting for Cybergeeks by Anu

Anu — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:52:49 +0000

yay!! i want to see the scarf :)

Comment on Teabaggin’ by Carol

Carol — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:25:24 +0000

Most of the people who are cozened into these events are stunningly uninformed about the actual effect of tax management in the U.S. We have one of the lowest tax rates in the developed world, greatly tilted in favor of wealthy people and larger corporate entities.

Comment on A Tale of Seven Wedding Blessings by Greg Berkman

Greg Berkman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:28:10 +0000

Thanks Lauren – we were in the same spot for the same project and getting very frustrated! You saved our um…. bacon!

Comment on WPF/E First CTP by Ricki

Ricki — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:19:24 +0000

My congratulations!
In turn I’d like to suggest you reading the article on WPF development. Here’s direct link.
http://techzone.enterra-inc.com/architecture/cartographical-objects-visualization-using-wpf/

Comment on How Controls Retain Their State when You Navigate Away by Bill

Bill — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:11:35 +0000

In Navigate “By object” you say:

“In this case, the object tree is kept alive and a reference to the tree is stored in its JournalEntry.”

I didn’t test this to see if it were true but it is not true if you navigate a 3rd way which you didn’t mention but is very similar to By Object:

pfAccountStatus pf = new pfAccountStatus();
mainFrame.Content = pf;
// pf… is a PageFunction, mainFrame is a Frame

I could have done this By Object the other way and maybe I should have accept now the object tree is not kept alive accept for the properties I turn the Journal bit on for.

On another note, any idea how you can programatically keep a navigated page from going into the journal at all (i.e. you can’t navigate back to it)? I was googling that question when I stumbled on this page.