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A day journal of ramblings by Terry Dee Losansky; software architect, martial arts student, and hobby chemist living in Snoqualmie, Washington.

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  • Head Down in Cloth Wraps on Nov 13, 2009 in Personal Snoqualmie

    I have been working head-down with Karen to get http://www.clothwraps.com/ up and running. Karen picked up the first production run of wraps last night and I shipped the first order this morning. Okay, technically I bought the first online order and...

  • Keeping it in the Cloud, a Cloudy issue on Oct 15, 2009 in computing Opinion Personal

    With the recent T-Mobile and Microsoft Sidekick data loss incident, it is clear Cloud Computing is often mischaracterized as a safe means of data access, storage and application access. Take this quote from this report on the Sidekick issue. &l...

  • It’s a Pirate Ship! Damn the Rules! on Oct 8, 2009 in Opinion Personal Policy

    State's 'Pirates' ship too dirty for Calif. “Washington's official state ship, the venerable Lady Washington, is no longer welcome in California. The 112-foot square-rigger, perhaps best-known as the ship hijacked by...

  • Another Way to Profit from Global Warming! on Sep 22, 2009 in Climate Change Personal

    Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds Of Secret Arctic Lairs “ZACKENBERG RESEARCH STATION, GREENLAND—Claiming it to be one of the most dramatic and visible signs of climate change to date, researchers said Monday that receding polar ice...

  • A silly article to make you feel guilty on Sep 2, 2009 in Opinion Personal Policy

    I must be feeling snippy. I cannot resist taking this silly article apart. Apparently, as this article (from Fox news of all places) implies, if you don’t move with the Chosen One, whose advisor says is “not an asshole”, tha...

  • The Absence of Tyler on Sep 1, 2009 in Personal

    Last week, shortly after I returned from Hawaii, Karen, Kaitlin and I made the hard decision to give up Tyler. We returned him to the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society where we found him and were contractually obligated to bring him if we found he d...

  • An Emotional Week on Aug 12, 2009 in Personal

    Dieter Losansky, April 27, 1936 – August 10, 2009, Rest in Peace My father died this week from complications from Mantel Cell Lymphoma, a form of cancer. He passed away on Monday morning with me, my sister and my step-mother at his side. Afte...