06 May 2008, 10:43 a.m.

RIP, Mildred Loving

Mildred Loving, freedom-to-marry activist, has passed away. Forty-one years ago, Mildred and Richard Loving and the ACLU paved the way for my marriage to be recognized everywhere in the United States. Thank you, Mrs. Loving. …

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04 May 2008, 9:42 a.m.

Tips, Modesty, and The Magic Word (Julie Andrews)

My sisters-in-law have started putting longer essays and tipsheets on Associated Content (Susie, Rachel) . Susie writes mostly tips for domestic productivity and happiness. I especially like Susie's tips on beginner sewing projects using scrap …

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03 May 2008, 16:43 p.m.

Done(ish)

Thesis: defended! Poker faces of judges: studied. Now, two more finals, then DONE.

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03 May 2008, 7:04 a.m.

Elegance

I figured it out. I woke up and thought about it and invented an opening and closing for my presentation today that's aesthetically satisfying and that uses meaningful, non-cliched analogy to get the crux of …

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02 May 2008, 21:00 p.m.

Litmus Quest

"But is it art?" "Well, it must be art, because it has an obnoxious Flash interface."

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01 May 2008, 21:41 p.m.

Sportswomanship

Just the facts, mostly; more facts and story. There's a parable here, along the lines of the story of walking with Jesus and leaving footsteps on the sand.

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01 May 2008, 17:02 p.m.

Musings

On a colleague sitting alone in a conference room with low lighting, sternly focused on his laptop screen: "He looks so hard-core in there. Like he's checking checkboxes in a web app to decide who …

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01 May 2008, 7:55 a.m.

Designed For Me

The Crooked Timber folks talking about the skill of management. One point in that discussion: communication of academic concepts to non-academics requires serious empathy. Gotta work on that. In fact, gotta work on my presentation …

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29 Apr 2008, 8:14 a.m.

This is Ridiculous

MyDomain, a.k.a. 000Domains, treats my domain, brainwane.net, differently because I registered it more than five years ago. So now I have to call them up or suchlike to renew the thing. Blah. What registrar are …

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26 Apr 2008, 22:08 p.m.

Acting As If

As a matter of course I wish to direct you to http://del.icio.us/leonardr/sumana for random links I run across while dallying on the Web. Example: the hilarious "I consume, but then analyze!" which is by the …

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