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Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat, Huu-Tai

Forty years ago today… …the most wonderful thing happened.  A beautiful baby boy was born near the banks of the Saigon River in the city now known as Hồ Chí Minh to a U.S. soldier and a Vietnamese national midwife.  They named him Huu-Tai, which means skillful. Huu-Tai moved permanently to the US, embracing his Vietnamese and American heritages joyfully

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Moments of Randomness

We interrupt Our Geek Life for a message from OGL HQ   Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~ Victor Borge   At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ~ Jean Houston   Imagine feeling no pressure, no stress, no sorrow, no anger.  Imagine feeling free, joyful, giddy and hopeful.  Do

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Lord I was born a traveling g33k

It’s almost summer which means @g33kguy and I are on the move.  Once we get past graduation and family visits, the remainder of the summer is going to be full of road trips up and down the East Coast.  Some of the trips are more official – for conferences or business meetings.  Others are more social but still definitely geeky. In late

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Spinach and Artichoke Salad with Couscous Cakes and Feta
Spinach and Artichoke Salad with Couscous Cakes

Dressing 2 tbl fresh lemon juice 1 tbl sour cream or greek yogurt 1 tsp finely chopped mind 5 tbl extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Couscous cakes 3/4 cup couscous Kosher salt 1 large clove garlic, peeled 1/4 cup packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves 1/2 cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained 2 large eggs, lightly

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It’s Just a Small Change

Dear Twitter – This Sucks   Twitter is an immeasurably valuable tool for networking that has become an incredible lifeline for me and for our business.  Or it was. Today, Biz Stone in a Twitter Blog post, informed the Twitterverse of a “small settings change“. We’ve updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter

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I am a geek!

Loud and proud! Anyone who knows us is fully aware of our geek pride.  We wear it on the outside – so much so that even our cars tagged with Geek plates.  True story! True, true. It seems that geek is chic these days, but we were geek when it was very uncool. On this soggy, unseasonably cool day, I

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