26 Oct 2006, 14:54 p.m.

Awesomeness v. Drags

I got acquainted with Stuart Sierra via the NY Tech Meetup and/or Lisp NYC, both of which I can't attend these days because I have class on Tuesday nights. Anyway, he's the coder behind Project …

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26 Oct 2006, 12:42 p.m.

Quote of the Day

"There, there. It's ok. There's no baby Nixon."

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24 Oct 2006, 9:14 a.m.

Rebellion

Yesterday Jacob and I joked about mild-mannered acts of rebellion and destructiveness. Examples: staying out past your curfew to play Dance Dance Revolution, only giving your cats the medication they need once a day instead …

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22 Oct 2006, 22:33 p.m.

MC Masala Roundup

My recent columns: nutty inventions and October memories. Neither sucks, I believe, but they're both listy. And the latter borrows from some old blog entries. As you may have noticed, the Open Computing Facility's web …

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22 Oct 2006, 22:20 p.m.

Testin'

We got a test entry here. I'm beginning to post interesting links on Leonard's del.icio.us feed so you can check that out.

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09 Oct 2006, 23:19 p.m.

Wanted

An eruv for free speech zones.

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09 Oct 2006, 7:51 a.m.

MC Masala on Practice and Skill

Judo, writing, and Carnegie Hall. There is this thing called kindness, and it includes not eating a Snickers bar in front of a hungry person, and it includes not bragging about your skills in front …

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08 Oct 2006, 22:16 p.m.

Non-Mohammed-Related Cartoons

Thanksgiving with the family, rulebreaking reduction, aspects of your personality.

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08 Oct 2006, 13:08 p.m.

Tip

If you're remotely logged in to another computer, use colors or wallpapers to remind you of that.

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08 Oct 2006, 2:20 a.m.

A Public Service Announcement

From Henry Chesbrough's Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (Harvard Business School Press, 2006): The term business model is often used, but not often clearly defined. My colleague Richard Rosenbloom …

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