One For All and All for Photo One

I’m not a network guy. I don’t even pretend to be one. But like a champ, rose to the occasion to set up a network in my partner’s studio. And it works. Mostly. The trick of course, is running a Windows application in an all-Mac environment and networking that application to three machines.

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Data, data everywhere

Data, data everywhere

Information has gone from scarce to superabundant. That brings huge new benefits, but also big headaches. A special report from The Economist.

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K’s Anatomy

K’s Anatomy

Who doesn’t love having surgery (without the silly boy-girl drama)? I had a really good experience with my first surgery since little-kid tonsillitis. I opted to use a surgeon out of Cooley-Dickenson Hospital in Northampton where they have a spankin-new surgery wing donated by the man who founded Yankee Candle. It was nice. The whole [...]

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Wu Xing Gallbladder

Wu Xing Gallbladder

No, I’m not ordering any really exotic dinner. This being the Year of the Tiger, includes my birthday. Out of curiosity, and forgetting much of what I learned in a college Chinese mythology course, I checked Wikipedia for details. But I did remember that I am a tiger, more specifically a Wood Tiger, but not [...]

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Happy Birthday, Mon!

Happy Birthday, Mon!

Today I turn 35 with snow in the overnight forecast and the in-laws in Jamaica. They send a taste of the tropics home…
For those who’ve been, Negril, Jamaica is quite nearly paradise. Its Seven-Mile Beach offers amazing people, food and Jamaican hospitality. Right in the center of it all is the CocoLaPalm resort we’ve been [...]

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A world of connections

A world of connections

This week, The Economist published a special report on social networking changing the way people communicate, work and play.

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iPad will not save journalism

iPad will not save journalism

There’s buzz circulating the Internets that Apple’s new iPad tablet could come to the rescue of the publishing and journalism industries. I don’t think so. At least for the journalism piece of the argument.

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An Open Letter to Congress

An Open Letter to Congress

Recently the Fitchburg office of the Honorable John Olver came to the aid of my grieving mother who was facing mounting medical bills following the death of my father. The insurance companies sending those bills seemed to be engaging in predatory practices sending bills my parents hadn’t seen during my father’s four-year fight with cancer. [...]

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A Spring Renewal

Spring is approaching (well, it’s already here in college-speak), so now’s the time to explore those spring awakenings. My course, Intro to Online Journalism, is offered through UMassOnline’s award-winning Certificate of Journalism program. Class begins Jan. 19, you can register through Jan. 31.

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Diving Bubbahs

I have to share this. It’s too freakin’ funny and is totally something Bubbah Jones (Ella, our precious Boston Terrier) would do if we had a pool.

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