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TBT – Utopia Zoo
This fictional post was originally published in February 1999 as web page assignments part of web design interactive television class with Mr Kresha.
Back then, my teachers and my dad helped write some of the content and I did the web page design. I have updated with more recent photos that I have taken and combined these items into a single post. Utopia Zoo and San Jose Sentinal (both fictional)
Utopia Zoo
Welcome to our municipal zoo. All ages are welcome.
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Our Lineup
At Utopia Zoo, we pride ourselves on our ultimate selection of animals.
Here is an assortment of animals to visit:
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World: Tragedy State
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Elephant Escapes From Utopia Zoo  UTOPIA-Some zoo employees found the gate to the elephant field was open at 9 AM yesterday morning. Tim the aging African Elephant had escaped.The elephant not known for causing trouble was making a terrible mess downtown near the East Utopia Shopping Center. He was wrecking cars and scaring people. Neither the police nor the zookeepers have caught the elephant as of now. If you have seen Tim the elephant please contact the Utopia Zoo or the police. |
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2-23-99
Baseball Stadium Vandalized
Police report a large amount of damage to the San Jose Baseball Stadium. Numerous places of the field were tore up, dugouts were damaged and the security fence was knocked over. Several piles of a foul smelling green substance were discovered. A grounds keeper joked that it looked like elephant poop. Police are continuing to investigate but have no leads.
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National News
2-23-99 Easter Bunny Found In Florida
2-23-99
TAMPA-In the surprise to many people, the Easter Bunny, was seen 
at the Sunny Estates Retirement Center. The Easter Bunny upon being found said, “I’m getting old, it’s time for me to rest.”
Residents at Sunny Estates welcomed the Easter Bunny with joy and delight.
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World
2-23-99
PEKINGESE, ARFLAND – A tragedy struck this morning in Pekingese when the Tabbies of Purrma tried to overtake the government of Arfland. The two sides fought like cats and dogs. Unfortunately, the Pekingese were overtaken by the sharp and lethal weapons of the Tabbies.
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Raven moving sticks
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Beware of Tax scam
Recently I received an phishing email that said it was from TurboTax requesting I update my info.
But looking closer at the email it was sent from a .edu email address and the URL had a .ru address. So it was not from TurboTax, but a scam to try to get information.
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Lumosity and FTC settlement
As mentioned in prior a post I am skeptic of the health benefits of Lumosity and think there are better ways to improve memory skills. The FTC reached a settlement with the company for deceptive advertising.
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/brain-training-lumosity-does-it-really-work
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Video Saint Croix Falls
- Closed captioning’s most important use is to give those that are deaf, hard of hearing, or other disability such as a cognitive impairment the ability to understand what is being said (or the sounds) by displaying the written word on television or an online video.
- A second reason for closed caption is for those learning the language. Whether it is someone simply learning to read and speak or someone learning a new language closed captioning can help with that. In some cases such as on online videos it can be used to translate easier into another language.
- To avoid noise from Television sometimes closed captioning is used. This may be in an apartment building at night, a work place, a college, a school, or a busy restaurant or airport. A similar reason may be if there are no speakers on a computer or the speakers can’t get loud enough to hear.
- A fourth reason for online videos is the ability to have words searchable for video content and it can be used for a written transcript as well.
from this video:
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envelope images
Not available in my area (none of my direct customers either) and not available for businesses but I would like to share for technology news. The United States Postal Service is starting an experimental service to share the photos (scanned images from their sorting equipment) they already take of envelopes with the recipient in New York and Virginia.
There are private scanning services that offer a similar services. The private services will sometimes also scan the insides of your mail for you which the postal service does Not do (for your privacy rights).
Images of packages are not currently sent but that may change. I assume it is since different sorting equipment is used.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-united-states-postal-service-will-now-email-you-your-mail/ar-AAg4EoQ?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=mailsignout
http://realmail.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action
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smart watch
Published December 5 2015 by Nathan Steffenson
The biggest reason I don’t wear a (smart) watch is almost all of them go around the wrist and don’t want any extra weight due to ongoing health issues.
If it was able to go on my keychain and replace my key finder (and even act as a key). And be able mount to something like my bicycle to replace a speedometer then I might consider it.