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Pages in Blogs

Published on 19 Oct 2007 at 1:48 am. No Comments.
Filed under General, Internet, Note to Self, Quotations, Solutions.

Today I just discovered that blogs can have pages.  These pages can be edited and maintained, but stand outside of the time-based thread.
I have started entering some of my favorite quotations.
http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/favorite-quotations/
I am not sure how to organize them, but we’ll see…
Enjoy,
Kevin Knuth

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Unit Conversions with Google

Published on 5 Apr 2007 at 1:14 am. No Comments.
Filed under Fun, General, Internet, Note to Self, Solutions.

Here is another note-to-self.
Instead of Googling a web site that allows you to convert units.  Simply type the following into Google:
0 degrees celsius in fahrenheit
373 degrees Kelvin in fahrenheit
36 inches in yards
60 miles in kilometers
21 light-years in parsecs
48 days in fortnights
15 pounds in stones
6 kilograms in pounds
5 newtons in pounds
3 euros in dollars
Note that 6 [...]

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My Goose

Published on 27 Mar 2006 at 9:57 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Birds, General.

I will share a little something that I have enjoyed over the years.  This morning I drove back from The Bronx to Albany NY.  The first part of my drive is a frantic race north on the Bronx River Parkway.  I am very familiar with this stretch of highway since I used to drive it daily [...]

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Hello World

Published on 3 Mar 2006 at 1:36 pm. No Comments.
Filed under General.

Today I leave the kicking and screaming behind and enter the 21st century.  I will probably never get my AirCar and Gap has not yet come out with futuristic jumpsuits, but that doesn’t mean that I should sit around sulking.  Instead I am going to see if I can enjoy, what was to me, the unforeseen future…blogging.  [...]

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