Monthly Archives: February 2008

Denver Art Museum: Untitled Events

I went to another “Untitled” event at the Denver Art Museum last night. I kind of like going to these, not necessarily for the event itself, which includes food, live music and performance art pieces, but because it’s more fun to go to a museum at night and it’s great to see so many other [...]

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Google Sites

I got this email from Google today: Greetings! We’re contacting everyone who’s expressed interest in learning of JotSpot registration re-openings on the JotSpot website. And today, we’re excited to announce that JotSpot is working on Google infrastructure and has been re-launched as Google Sites. Google Sites is the latest offering from Google Apps, a suite [...]

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Performance Art in Denver: Opera and Ballet

Recently I’ve had an opportunity to go to both an Opera performance and a ballet performance in Denver. The opera was Don Pasquale – here is how Opera Colorado described it: Gaetano Donizetti’s amusing tale of deception and disguise is transported to the wild west of America in the 1800’s. This rousing version, which has [...]

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Privacy on the Internet: my blog identity and why sometimes I stop writing

Cartoon by Peter Steiner. The New Yorker, July 5, 1993 issue (Vol.69 (LXIX) no. 20) page 61 If and when I actually get around to writing something on this blog, I immediately begin to think about who, if anyone, will read it and, inevitably, what will it say to them about me. I start thinking [...]

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Voices of Refugees: volunteering at an event at DU

This week I went to help with the set up and break down of an interesting event at DU, sponsored by the African Community Center. The even was Voices of Refugees: Stories of Fear, Courage and Triumph – five refugees got up on stage and told their stories to a packed auditorium. Iraq – Haiffaa [...]

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