02 Jul 2007, 14:12 p.m.

MC Masala on Modesty And A Sidewalk Cafe Story

The taboo on attention-seeking (my column last week): I spent my adolescence learning how to turn down my showoff dial. Or trying to. Enthusiasm + intelligence = "brown-noser," right? And now, like so many women …

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27 Jun 2007, 22:16 p.m.

Disclaimer

Blogging will be light for a few days.

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26 Jun 2007, 14:02 p.m.

Insider Faceball

If you just can't get enough Sumana, and you're already reading my column and my del.icio.us subfeed (with comments!), check out my entries at the newish Fog Creek non-Joel weblog. I tend to talk about …

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25 Jun 2007, 19:04 p.m.

Today's Firsts

I played Guitar Hero for the first time (wow, this is much harder to get the hang of than Dance Dance Revolution!) and the second time (wow, this is fun). And I heard, via Guitar …

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24 Jun 2007, 11:19 a.m.

Off to MoCCA

Today I visit the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival. Comics to get, or get autographed, include:Ryan North's stuff Raina Telgemeier's stuff Alison Bechdel's stuff Action Philosophers! David Malki!'s stuff Nothing Better And stuff I haven't heard …

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23 Jun 2007, 10:52 a.m.

Just Look Away

My first lolcat is one for Ron Paul, which logically makes it a RonLOL.

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22 Jun 2007, 15:55 p.m.

The Lensman, Focusing Elsewhere

By the way, Leonard "The Lens-man" Richardson, my husband, is at the digerati conference "Foo Camp" this weekend. No, spouses don't get to come along automatically. We are sadly parted, and cannot act as a …

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22 Jun 2007, 14:56 p.m.

Making Us Feel Old

People born in 1991 are now old enough to drive in California. Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted twenty years ago.

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22 Jun 2007, 0:26 a.m.

Up Late Writing Dox

Diagram of machines and their locations, or diagram of machines and their LOLcations?

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21 Jun 2007, 0:35 a.m.

John Gruber Talk on Mac UI Design

Tonight I watched Ten Things I Hate About You for the first time (TiVo thought I'd like it), and hoo boy did I ever go to high school in the 1990s. You could reduce me …

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