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Archives for April 16, 2008

Resurrection

April 16, 2008 by Doug Ramsey

The long computer nightmare and its peripheral bad dreams are over. Well, almost over. In the resurrection and reinstallation of the machine and the replacement of a connected printer/scanner/fax that blew out in the process, one of my two telephone lines crashed. That, however, is a small … [Read more...]

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April 16, 2008 by Doug Ramsey

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer - Farmers Alamanac, 1978 The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer - I.F. Stone … [Read more...]

Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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