Sunset Hills Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 18 Jun 2023 02:52:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Remembering Rossino’s https://dfarq.homeip.net/remembering-rossinos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-rossinos Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:15:21 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5824 I thought of Rossino’s, a hideaway Italian restaurant in St. Louis’ Central West End the other day. And then today, I saw the obituary for Nina Lee Russo, one of the owners of the secluded yet popular restaurant. The obituary

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]]> 5824 Farewell, Crestwood Plaza https://dfarq.homeip.net/farewell-crestwood-plaza/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farewell-crestwood-plaza https://dfarq.homeip.net/farewell-crestwood-plaza/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 13:00:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5427 The Sears anchor store at Crestwood Plaza near St. Louis closed in May 2012. It was a long, slow decline, and nobody knew what was next. More than five years later, there’s still nobody who knows what’s next. I went

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/farewell-crestwood-plaza/feed/ 2 5427 Rest in pieces, Borders https://dfarq.homeip.net/rest-in-pieces-borders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rest-in-pieces-borders Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:15:10 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=4168 The Borders at my local mall is closing today. I’ll miss it. I still remember when the store was being prepared. It was around the time I got married. My then-pastor said he was really looking forward to it opening.

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]]> 4168 The St. Louis tornadoes of 2010 https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-st-louis-tornadoes-of-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-st-louis-tornadoes-of-2010 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:23:49 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=2844 I don’t normally post stuff like this, as weather posts are usually mundane. Today was a little different. We had tornadoes touch down in the St. Louis area today. At about noon, we took cover in our basement. By 12:10,

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]]> 2844 Churches: Don’t run away from tough questions https://dfarq.homeip.net/churches-dont-run-away-from-tough-questions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=churches-dont-run-away-from-tough-questions https://dfarq.homeip.net/churches-dont-run-away-from-tough-questions/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:05:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=2587 I’ve seen and heard a growing concern over the phenomenon of “Leavers”–young adults who leave Christianity.  This month, even Christianity Today is talking about it. That’s not really anything new. Growing up, I heard more times than I could count

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/churches-dont-run-away-from-tough-questions/feed/ 1 2587 How to remember lots and lots of stuff https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-remember-lots-and-lots-of-stuff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-remember-lots-and-lots-of-stuff https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-remember-lots-and-lots-of-stuff/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:57:57 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=80 I've been slogging away in nostalgiaville, writing obscure stuff over at Wikipedia again (once an addict, always an addict, even if the addiction hurts you), and I started wondering about something. Why is 20 years ago easier for me to remember than last week?

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