Dubi Kaufmann’s Blog

On Friday I was at a presentation about Facebook connect. Facebook-connect is like openID but it works with facebook instead. Not sure how it is going to work and why I would need it for a blog. This is a test run.

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Just got back from the hospital, I had a little eye emergency. A piece of metallic paint got lodged in my eye as I was cycling. I spent five hours at the emergency room with about 25 minutes of actual care.
What did learn? Take the laptop with you when you go to the emergency room. [...]

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If you know this song, it probably brings a smile to your face. It is the song from the opening credits of “Wheels of Fire” a skateboarding video from 1987. The Song “What so strange about me ” is by a band called “Eight Dayz” led by Claus Grabke I have seen the video [...]

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The results of the “Hustle up the Hancock” are out . I finished at the 46th place over all (out of 732) and 7th place out of my age group (73 runners). My time was 7:52 ; far better than I expected. I was hoping to be above average. A reason for it [...]

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This morning I took part in “Hustle up the Hancock” .A race up the stairs of the John Hancock building. I don’t know how good my result was. I estimate it took me 10 minutes (I did not notice the clock at the finish until later).

Here I am having fun with sketchup and google earth. [...]

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in this winter days it is nice to reminisce over the I had last summer. The Decemerists played Millennium park for free and the park was packed with people.
if you were there I might have taken a picture of you.

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It is very common for musicals to start with an “I wish” song. The protagonist sings about his life and how he wishes it could change. “Somewhere over the rainbow ” from the wizard of OZ for example. Musical Theatre is kinda dead so producers turn into familiar songs to attract audiences. They take [...]

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A while ago, while shooting pictures with a laundry detergent I shot a picture that was loosely emulating Pop Art painter Mel Ramos

It was not meant to be a replica but rather a starting point. Something to build on. The final product ended up looking like this.
I posted the picture on [...]

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I just registered the domain suffragettes.org and suffragists.org. I might have discovered an uncharted territory of domains for organizations that no longer exist. Van_buren_in_1836.org is probably sill available while these lines are written. I have an idea for site called suffragettes.org, but I am also open for selling the domain if the right amount [...]

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The “plan B” place for thrill the world backed down. Without having a good location and a backup location. The chances were too slim to have a successful event or an event at all.
It was too much to plan in a time frame that was too short.
what’s next?

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