From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Call Me A Fool

30 July 2008

German Joys (responding to the Spiegel article last week on Beta Bloggers) on why Germans are such poor bloggers. Point 1:

1. A national culture of modesty that frowns upon too much self-expression. Americans have the advantage here. They’re hardly afraid of looking like fools, and like to talk about themselves.

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Do I Miss The Tech Stuff?

18 July 2008

While chatting via email with Shelley, one of my favorite bloggers, she asked first about the business and then about me…

“Do you ever miss the tech stuff?”

Well, um, yes, er, sometimes, oh, maybe… I do miss being an expert. I was very good at managing networks, and was very good explaining and using my expertise [...]

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Beach Party

14 July 2008

Christopher and Frauke at the beach in Cuxhaven. No Viking battles were fought, and while the sun shone seldom, it did shine.

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Viking Camp

11 July 2008

This weekend we’ll be away in Cuxhaven for our annual camping trip with Christopher’s uncles and cousins. We refer to it as Viking Camp, since the weather for our trips is always so frigid that only a Viking could feel at home. Well, at least one time it was. It looks like this time it [...]

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