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I'm Mike Pope. I live in the Seattle area. I've been a technical writer and editor for over 35 years. I'm interested in software, language, music, movies, books, motorcycles, travel, and ... well, lots of stuff.

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First entry - 6/27/2003
Most recent entry - 7/10/2025

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If I could save time in a bottle ...

Friday, 6 February 2009   10:51 AM

I am endlessly amused by the sponsored links on Google that are driven off the current search term. Especially the ones -- eBay, Target -- that are, mmm, indiscriminate in what they want to sell you.

I was looking up the current time today and was offered this amazing deal:

[categories]   , [tags] Google

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