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Wegman’s Supermarket

Nov

10

2003

p. We visited the new “(extlink)Wegman’s Supermarket”:http://www.wegmans.com in Woodbridge, NJ for the first time today and it was an overwhelming experience. The store is easily one of the largest stores I’ve ever seen, let alone grocery stores. There were fresh roasted chestnuts at the door, readymade chicken, pasta, tandoori, chinese food, pizza, and subs. The ...

Daily Devotional – 11/4

Nov

4

2003

p. Today’s devotional was 1 Timothy 5:23 to 1 Timothy 6:21 , Jeremiah 3-4 , Psalm 120 . Paul touches on the impermanence of material possessions, and talks about them distracting people from their faith. Jeremiah on the other had talks about the faithlessness of Israel and God’s mercy and forgiveness.

Champps

Nov

2

2003

p. The “(extlink)Menlo Park Mall”:http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=113 recently opened a “(extlink)Champps Americana”:http://www.champps.com . Lisa and I enjoyed a quick dinner very much, and will doubtless return again in the future.

Google Calculator (Google Agent?)

Oct

29

2003

p. “(extlink)Google”:http://www.google.com now allows you to enter math equations directly into the web search field, and it will automatically spit out results, as well as do unit conversions among other things. For instance, if you enter: *speed of light * 2* then google will return the speed of light * 2 = 599 584 916 ...

Comment Spam

Oct

19

2003

p. “(extlink)Six Log: Comment Spam”:http://www.sixapart.com/log/2003/10/comment_spam.shtml talks about spammers increasingly leaving comments on blogs (particularly those powered by MovableType) as in addition to the circulation you would get from email Spam, it helps to build a site’s “(extlink)Google PageRank”:http://www.google.com/technology . This problem has become prevalent that “(extlink)Jay Allen”:http://www.jayallen.org has produced “(extlink)MT-Blacklist”:http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist/ a plug-in designed to reject ...