Software Activation, Licensing and Piracy
The problem with software activation systems in the Internet Age and the inflated claims that piracy costs billions of dollars a year.
A World Without Pain
An essay in reaction to the New Orleans disaster following hurricane Katrina.
Ambitions and Weekends
Essay on being self-aware and realizing that the human psyche has some hardwired contradictions and paradoxes.
John Hart Dies at 69
Former Prairie Township Trustee John Hart died on May 14, 2003.
Walking Stick Insect
![Walking Stick Insect](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3720_1_1373_1_walking-stick-insect.jpg)
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Photos and video footage of a Walking Stick (Stick Insect).
Wildlife Photos
![Crab Spider Photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3755_1_1382_2_crab-spider-photo.jpg)
![Thorns](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3757_1_1382_4_thorns.jpg)
![Thorns Close Up](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3758_1_1382_5_thorns-close-up.jpg)
![Borer Beetle](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3761_1_1382_8_borer-beetle.jpg)
![Wasp](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3763_1_1382_10_wasp.jpg)
![Dead Grasshopper](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3764_1_1382_11_dead-grasshopper.jpg)
![Dragonfly](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3765_1_1382_12_dragonfly.jpg)
Intriguing photos of wildlife and nature.
Missouri Toad
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![Toad Photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/3555_1_1292_1.jpg)
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Photos of a toad in Missouri.
Cringe - Cringefest 2003
![ryan cringefest 03](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1089_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2058.jpg)
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![Corbin Cringefest](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1101_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2098.jpg)
![Tom Cringefest 03](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1100_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2094.jpg)
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![Tom Cringefest 03](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1098_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2089.jpg)
![butch cringefest 03](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1095_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2079.jpg)
![tom cringefest 03](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1092_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2074.jpg)
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![Butch Cringefest](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/1103_1_Shawn_cringe_cringefest_03_2161.jpg)
Cringe headlined the first annual Cringefest on August 23, 2003.
Canon 30D Problem with Lexar CF Cards
Some makes of the Lexar high speed flash cards are not stable in Canon Digital SLRs like the 30D.