PopFile occasional report

Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 @ 12:12 pm
Filed Under Computing, Joel, POPfile
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On the whole, this is excellent performance, with some minor (and predictable) blind spots due to peculiarities that are as much mine as the program's.  Except for the lack of a good loader for Apple systems, I can heartily recommend the program; the installation issues appear to be unique to the Mac platform, and shouldn't trouble Windows or Linux users.  Prospective users shouldn't expect perfection, and some effort is required to train PopFile about your mail system.  But it's automatic, reliable, and quite impressive.

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Akers Memories

Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 @ 12:00 pm
Filed Under Lost Friends, Obituaries, Political Process, Stories
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What I think the portrait misses is that Owen's heavy workload was fairly seamless; I had contacts with him in several of his roles and he was always the same person, working on the same causes, and finding reinforcement from his friends and colleagues as he moved from meeting to meeting. A strenuous life, yes, and not everyone loved Owen Akers, but many did.

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Rog

Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 @ 10:17 am
Filed Under Family, Joel, Political Process
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Dad passed away fourteen years ago today....

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GOTV

Posted on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 @ 4:45 pm
Filed Under Joel, Political Process
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Twice today I've hung up the phone on volunteers from the Kerry campaign, and I expect to have more opportunities before the day ends.  I've caught a cold, don't feel well, and really don't want to talk to 'em.  But it's set me to remembering....

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Heart Warming

Posted on Saturday, October 16, 2004 @ 1:14 am
Filed Under Dabbler, Joel
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So they sent my heart attack to a committee, decided I was probably sick, and are likely to pay my bills.  Then sent me a form letter written by a lawyer.  That's reassuring.

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