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Because my friend Leucanthemum suggested it, I have been working on a vacation scrapbook commemorating our trip last summer to Israel. In true Tannish fashion, it takes an electronic form. While my wife was busy buying photo albums and extra inserts, printing out some of the 1100 digital images we brought home, and arranging them just so, I was busy doing the same thing online.

I have the smug satisfaction of being able to say my version cost much less…

So if you’re curious, an internet voyeur, or just a glutton for punishment - click on through!

I’m sitting in my company pickup in a parking lot of a municipal building in semi-rural Wisconsin awaiting arrival of the guy who would issue a building permit for an upcoming job in the area. His (or her) office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00 – 2:30PM; I’m early. Like me, this person must spend a lot of time on the road to perform his job function as Building Inspector.

No worries – I just play with my new laptop, fire up this nifty freeware and…Hey! They’ve got an unsecured WiFi setup here! I wonder if I can tap into it. Cool! I feel so illicit. And my boss thinks Wireless internet doesn’t work…

I just had to share that. Apologies to the geeks already in the know. Not that those kind of people read my bloggings anyway…