Archive for January, 2004

Tuesday, January 27th, 2004

Howard Thomas Greene (August 9, 1950 - January 25, 2004)

To add to the seeming chaos that is my life right now, my dad died Sunday night. My dad had a car wreck in 1970 and it damaged his spinal cord. Unfortunately medicine in 1970 was not as good at treating spinal cord injuries as it is now, and dad had dealt with chronic medical [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Thoughts on Life by Dan

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Thursday, January 22nd, 2004

Spam and instant messenging

I recently decided I’d had enough spam when the spam outnumbered the real email by 10 to 1. I guess that proves that I’ve had my email addresses too long and they’ve ended up on everybody’s lists. Even with it’s flaws I still use Outlook Express. I’ve used OE since 2000, before that [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Information Technology by Dan

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Wednesday, January 14th, 2004

Computer interface for the brain

I have always been a slow typer, due mainly to the fact the I have cerebral palsy, albeit a mild case. Unfortunately as a result of my car accident, I’m now a quadriplegic. I have some use of my legs, good arm movement and some hand movement, but I can only use my thumbs [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Information Technology by Dan

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Monday, January 12th, 2004

Once again cooking with gas!

I am once again in the land of high speed Internet access! My DSL line from Sprint is finally active and working so getting online is no longer an ordeal. But I’m still one finger typing. Can’t have it all I guess.

6 Comments » - Posted in Library Monk News by Dan

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Friday, January 2nd, 2004

I’m back

On October 26, 2003 I was in a serious car wreck. I suffered a broken neck which has left me partially paralyzed. I am currently only typing with one finger, which makes blogging a challenge, but I am back.

6 Comments » - Posted in Library Monk News by Dan

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