Wondering how to determine if a piece of info you've read or heard is crap or not? Howard Rheingold gives us a primer in Crap Detection in his latest blog for SFGate. I'm not mentioning any names, but I get a few emails a month from people who haven't done their fact checking about a particular claim or rumor. Here's a way to avoid looking silly that goes beyond checking snopes.com
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A powerful instinct caused Emily and I to cut short our backpacking trip on the Kalalau trail in Kauai Monday afternoon, and return to our base near Hanalei yesterday. When we returned, we learned that Emil Relat, Emily's 91 year-old grandfather, had passed away. I've had the pleasure of knowing Emil for the last 7+ years, and we've had some great conversations. From what I've seen and heard he's had a long, enjoyable and successful life, exactly what all of us hope for. 
Emil has been a wonderful patriarch to a great extended family that I've had the pleasure of joining. I hope you'll join me in your own way by praying, thinking positive thoughts and thanking the spirits for Emil Relat.
Here's the party invite as a PDF.
By popular demand, my Amazon Wishlist. Note that you don't have to buy from them, its just a convenient place to store the list!!
We've moved, and these are some early pictures in and around our new home!
