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Archive | May, 2005

31 May 2005 4 Comments

Filling a request

Hello devoted TECHNOSAILOR readers…it me GEMINI 38 (formally The Angry Black Man) filling in on a special request for my brother. I see there have already been a couple of guess entries on Memorial Day so I will drop just a quick blurb.
Memorial Day has a more personal meaning for me because it is my [...]

31 May 2005 6 Comments

Feedster Feed of the Day

I’m still in Connecticut and a quick shout out to Mike and Carol who have both posted in my absence. I’m not back in the saddle yet as I have 8 hours worth of travel to make today.
I recieved word today from Feedster that Technosailor was named Feed of the Day today. To me, that [...]

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30 May 2005 Comments Off

Memorial Day

Memorial Day
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
By Moina Michael
What does it mean to American�s today? In my youth the [...]

29 May 2005 36 Comments

Hi All!

It’s me, Carol Ott, filling in for Aaron.
So Aaron, in all his wisdom (or lack thereof), asked me to guest blog this weekend — I assume he’s off having fun this weekend. Hnmpf.
I swear last night I stayed up until almost 3 AM trying to think of something that wasn’t completely ridiculous to write [...]

28 May 2005 Comments Off

Off to Connecticut

It’s off to Connecticut this morning for a visit to my sister and her husband. It will be the first time we have had the chance to get up there and I’m just ready to go. In my absence, my friend Carol will be posting here. Also, Mike will be making his debut guest writing [...]

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27 May 2005 Comments Off

Open Standard for Office Documents

OpenDocument has been ratified by member organizations, including IBM and Sun Microsystems to endorse a standard Office Document format that is vendor independant and cross platform compatible.
“Office productivity applications and the documents they create are key to today’s knowledge economy. Information critical to the long term functioning of any organization is stored in the spreadsheets, [...]