QR Codes For The Road

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I guess QR codes aren't quite dead yet!

Back in the day, hobos, or "gentlemen of the rails", used to use a kind of code that let other hobos know important information.  For instance, if they marked a cat-like symbol on a fence, it meant that a kind-hearted woman lived at that house and might give a hungry drifter food.  Or, three diagonal lines means that the place is unsafe and a hobo should get out of there as quickly as...
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Gadget Trak Really Works!

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Ever lost a camera?

And, by "lost", I mean, has your camera ever been stolen?  Well, Gadget Trak can help.  And, now we know that it's not an empty claim!
I've mentioned other camera tackers before, but Gadget Trak's stolen camera finder has been verified by a photographer who used it to recover his camera.

Talk Like A Pirate Day

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No, not today, but soon!

Monday, September 19th is the official Talk Like A Pirate Day.  It's an internet holiday, which means you still have to show up at the office, but at least you can talk like a pirate!  Yeah, that's pretty much the whole thing.  It's a day to celebrate talking like a pirate, created by the internet.

Happy Friday!
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Another Year's Reprieve

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I'm not going to die.

Well, at least, I'm not going to die of cancer.  Not this year, anyway.
Today, the oncologist told me my lymphoma is in full remission still.  In fact, the scar tissue has shrunk even more, from 14cm to 11cm, which I think is kind of amazing, but didn't seem to illicit any special notice from the doctor.  Some people are just impossible to please, I guess!

He was a little worried because my blood pressure was high, but,...
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Apocalypse Moby

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I've never been a huge fan of Moby Dick.

But, I have to admit, the idea of mashing Moby Dick with Apocalypse Now seems like a pretty killer idea to me.  And, that, dear readers, is just what Apocalypse Moby is; an amazing mashup of these two very different stories that comes out amazingly well.  In fact, it almost had a science-fiction feeling to it.  Or maybe that was just my personal experience leaking through, but, either way, it was pretty...
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I Had Cancer

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And, while that IS true, it's not what this post is about, exactly.

When you have cancer, or have survived cancer, you feel alone.  You feel like there isn't anyone in the world who understands you or your life or what you went through or are going through now.  But, at the same time, you know there are others.  You've seen them in waiting rooms and lines and shuffling in and out of hospital rooms and doctor's offices.  They are out...
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In Search of Schrödinger's Tumor

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I may, or may not, have cancer.

Now, before all my regular readers and, due to my automated update configurations, my Twitter and Facebook friends who might read this, get too excited, nothing has changed in my recent medical status.  However, Wednesday, I go in for a scan.  A regular scan, nothing special, nothing new.  My scheduled, nine-month scan, per the standard protocol.  Or so I have been lead to believe.

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