15 Nov 2005, 15:57 p.m.

Kris Loves The Bones

So this MC Masala is for him, and for a great biology teacher. I don't remember his words. I remember that femur landing softly on my lab table.... Mr. Porter reminded me that excellence was …

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15 Nov 2005, 13:38 p.m.

Not So Unthinkable

I wonder how many of these promises their makers kept.

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15 Nov 2005, 6:22 a.m.

It Always Comes Back

I thought Alan Furst's Dark Star would be a science-fiction novel, probably because I confused it with the film of the same name. Now that I'm two-thirds through, I've firmly convinced myself that it's Yet …

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14 Nov 2005, 12:51 p.m.

Sky-High Praise

And I thought Gary Kamiya's Salon retrospective affected me! The letters to the editor warm my heart. I grew up reading Salon, if you can fathom that.... Without equivocation or exaggeration, I can say that …

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14 Nov 2005, 11:50 a.m.

Yep, That's Optimus Prime

I'm transcribing some comics from Spamusement!. It's made me pay more attention to the details and buried assumptions in many strips, e.g., "its not even funny when you do that".

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14 Nov 2005, 11:06 a.m.

Tetris Is Awesome

I love Tetris so much.

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14 Nov 2005, 8:11 a.m.

Map Of Our Past

When I last saw Eric, we had a wide-ranging conversation. We talked about flatmates, and music (what with being at the TMBG show), and our careers, and the shape of the tech industry. We laughed …

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13 Nov 2005, 21:43 p.m.

Salon: A Wacky Retrospective

Gary Kamiya writes a funny and poignant review of Salon's ten-year history.

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12 Nov 2005, 11:49 a.m.

Alan Alda, Terrell Owens, and Merlin Mann

Fred Clark mused recently on the use and misuse of the word "professional." The word these days basically means "polite" or "courteous" rather than "competent at one's trade or craft," but commenters argue over whether …

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11 Nov 2005, 12:47 p.m.

Self-Contradiction Comes Free With The Unhappy Meal

I hear complaints about Salon's redesign and feel the urge to dismiss them as the rants of a cranky, vocal minority. But now that Arrested Development is either cancelled or about two inches from cancelled, …

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