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Elena, the girl who died a couple weeks ago (whose father is keeping a blog) has been on my mind a lot the last couple days. In particular, something that her Dad wrote as he was starting to chronicle the mourning of his daughter’s passing: How often have you been with your child and not…

You know how on Lost, random animals show up that may or may not mean something? Woke up this morning, and six wild turkeys were in our front yard: Reminder: we live in a suburb of 150,000 residents. Where did these turkeys come from? Why? The boys (and the dog!) sure loved them.

Andrea Weckerle pointed to this blog authored by the father of a six year-old girl who died last week of bacterial meningitis. My son turns six next week, I’m not sure I have any words right now. I can’t begin to comprehend losing one of my children with no warning, from healthy to dead in…

I’m speaking at the Politics Online conference next week, and can invite a few people to attend. If you’re interested, drop me a line at rick@rklau.com. First come, first served. Details here.

Two years before the World Wide Web was a gleam in Tim Berners-Lee’s eyes, I was already a multi-year Internet veteran. And one of my earliest habits online was to see what reviews James Berardinelli had published on Usenet. I didn’t know much about James — just that he posted regularly, I almost always appreciated…

Wow, this is just amazing. Local news coverage from Rochester is here. How long before this is on the big screen?

If you’re looking for a fully-featured GPS unit, you could do a lot worse than this device from Garmin. I bought it a little over a year ago, and got very excited about geocaching… funny thing is, life with three kids has rather significantly reduced our leisure time. While I have every intention of getting…

In case you were wondering, it’s now just 179 days until Snakes on a Plane is released in the United States. I predict this movie will open huge.

Kevin Tofel tagged me (thanks, Kevin!) with this “four things” thing, so here’s my entry: Four jobs I’ve had: Dishwasher at a French restaurant Retail clerk at The Nature Company Circuit board assembler Law clerk at EFF Four movies I can watch over and over: The Matrix La Femme Nikita Godfather Big Fish Four TV…

Me to parking attendant, downtown San Francisco: “What’s the best way to get back to the 101 towards the Golden Gate?” Parking attendant: “The what?” Me: “The Golden Gate Bridge.” Parking attendant: “That in San Francisco?” Me: “You’re kidding.” Parking attendant to co-worker: “Jose! You know where the Golden Gate Bridge is?” Me: “You’re kidding.”…