24 Feb 2009, 11:39 a.m.

Two 101-Word Stories Inspired By Fred von Lohmann's Talk Last Night

O'Porter Most clients sounded more stressed and less grammatical than this guy. "Why did YouTube take down a video without soundtrack music? I didn't break any copyrights, did I?" "You came to the right effing …

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22 Feb 2009, 9:04 a.m.

Open Question

What should go into Eggs Tesla?

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19 Feb 2009, 8:51 a.m.

Skills And Lenses

A few models I've happened upon recently: No Big Deal: I visited Nandini. Her friend, a landscape architect, is helping her do up her apartment. We talked over breakfast. Susan's dad has always been a …

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18 Feb 2009, 17:05 p.m.

Premise Quest

You know how when you play a lot of Tetris, brick walls look like problems to solve? And DDR makes techno songs sound like a cue to box step? Enter scifi obsession. The quest for …

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18 Feb 2009, 0:47 a.m.

Half-Truths

Tonight I heard from DC-area sysadmin types that the area has plentiful IT jobs (which I'm willing to believe) and that Python and Ruby are fads on their way out (uh, no). Also I learned …

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17 Feb 2009, 9:01 a.m.

Distractions

Tonight I see a staged reading at Woolly Mammoth costarring a friend of mine. I wonder what "Pay What You Can" brings in these days. My life is better in some ways when I visit …

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13 Feb 2009, 14:18 p.m.

Friday Entertainments

Evidently tonight I could see the Nerdcore Rising documentary on the big screen and see whether Adi, John, Adam and I made it into the final cut. But instead I may go celebrate Unix time …

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10 Feb 2009, 9:52 a.m.

The Next Pursuit

I'm back in New York City, nursing a scratchy throat and catching up on Thoughtcrime Experiments submissions to keep my average response time down. The long-dormant Vista machine that PCF lent me is installing update …

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03 Feb 2009, 1:59 a.m.

Metonymy, New York

When I was in high school, I overheard a couple of English teachers mentioning how they always confuse metonymy and synecdoche and laughing their heads off. Now Leonard is ahead of the game.

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03 Feb 2009, 1:52 a.m.

That's Webtertainment

I'm in Boston this week, probably till Sunday the 8th or so. When I couchsurf, I want to entertain my hosts. Evidently I do this by foisting fun web videos that haven't really made the …

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