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Moving is fun!

Hola, Amigos. I’ve been periscope down in no-DSL-at-the-new-house land for the last few days. Rough to have to look in a phone book to get numbers, but it’s nice to be home. The move, for the most part, went off without incident. Well, sort of, I guess. When I went to pick up the truck, [...]

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Now The Man works for Me

Stephanie, The Kid and I got the keys to our new place today. (Photo Set) Needless to say, we’re both quite tickled about this. The house is in Monrovia, about three blocks from old town. We’re moving this weekend. Woo!

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One day I’ll actually write something again

Wired News: Bob Dylan: Technology Sucks – Noting the music industry’s complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, “Well, why not? It ain’t worth nothing anyway.” vi Search: using commands of vi to search – How…. clever? (This was put together by some of the guys at Snap.) [...]

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Linx/2006.08.21

apophenia: Research on Social Network Sites – danah boyd is trying to put together a roundup of social networking papers accepted by refereed journals. Autopia – The interesting and unfortunately unsupported tidbit from this piece: One human life = $3,500,000. Wired News: This Global Warming Fix Stinks – Wired gets it all wrong. This plan [...]

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Weekend Links

Democratic Underground – Can a jet fuel/hydrocarbon fire collapse a steel structure? An experiment. – This is awesome. I’ll bet that JFK was somehow killed by a rabbit cage as well. Google wants people to stop googling | CNET News.com – I’ll take “ships that have sailed” for $1,000, Alex. times – How a wingnut [...]

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Packing is fun

Hooray for books. Do I look forward to moving these? I do not. I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun. Next up: Dishes!

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Not directed specifically at Ralph Lawler

Dear Los Angeles Clippers, Please stop calling me. I don’t want season tickets. Yes, I know that I went to several games last year, and yes, I agree that it would be exciting to attend a four, eight, or 12-pack of games this year. However, I just don’t have the time. You’ve probably called me [...]

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Links for 2007-08-17

Rum and Monkey: The Personality Test Generator – I got Yao Ming. CNN.com – NSA eavesdropping program ruled unconstitutional – Aug 17, 2006 – She declared that the program “violates the separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III.” Bowen [...]

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Links for Bukowski’s Birthday

alexking.org: Blog > I’ve Left FeedLounge – Alex King leaves the feed reader I’ve been using for the last few months. Creative Differences with the other founder. Which is too bad, because despite its sporadic performance problems, it really is a pretty good service. New York Daily News – Basketball – The $15 Mar-vels – [...]

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Only a few minutes late

Happy Birthday, Hank. my computer “what?” they say, “you got a computer?” it’s like I have sold out to the enemy. I had no idea so many people were prejudiced against computers. even two editors have written me letters about the computer. one disparaged the computer in a mild and superior way. the other seemed [...]

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