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Santa only comes when you are asleep now
I have been Santa Clause ever since Benjamin was born. We spent his first 3 Christmas in Sweden, so I was Tomten, the Swedish version of Santa. During Benjamin’s 3rd and 4th Christmas, he commented that Tomten / Santa wears the same shoes as Daddy’s and he sounded like Daddy. We were alarmed:-) So on…
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MSDN, Technet, or other technical subscriptions to give away?
I learned that Microsoft is giving away some MSDN subscriptions to MVPs for them to share with people in the community. If you are an MVP or Microsoft and reading this, I wonder if I can get a subscription for free:-) I got one year subscription of TechNet through a drawing last January, and it…
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Will take skating classes
I’ve done ice skating twice this year. My performance exceeded my own expectations. And I had fun doing it. So I’ve decided to take another skating class from the Park District to make my fundamentals more solid. The first time I attempted ice skating was in Västerås, Sweden, around Christmas of 1999. I didn’t have…
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Playing with FeedBurner
I registered my site on FeedBurner in late November, but never took the time to make it working properly. The gist of making it work is redirection. To accomplish that, you will need to modify .htaccess file in Apache. I came across a WordPress FeedBurner plugin, which helped me generating the proper .htaccess code. If…
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Geocaching fun
It has been almost a year since we started geocaching. So I will write something for rememberence. Geocaching is a modern day treasure hunt. People will hide things outdoors, usually in a forest preserve, a park, a place of historical importance or genereal interest. They will then publish the gps coordinates online. You, as a…