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Conversion to Octopress
It took a while, but I have finally set up a new home for my blog. I am on a new host (check out the new home page) and am now powered by Octopress. This is the same system that I…
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The Information Diet
During the first weekend of my information fast I read The Information Diet by Clay Johnson. I felt pretty sheepish when I came across this comment criticizing fasting: For most, I think this will yield an unsuccessful outcome. By the end…
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If you are moving DO NOT use Universal Truck Rental
If you are moving DO NOT use Universal Truck Rental. They want you to spend your time maintaining their vehicles, and pay for the privilege. The deal with these guys is that rather than having the overhead of a full truck…
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Some thoughts on the potential Twitter exodus
A friend has abandoned Twitter. He is pretty early, but I suspect he is at the front of a potentially huge geek wave. I know what it is like to leave a platform. It can be tough, but there are a…
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RIP
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Iran’s Lost Territories
Although this DIA presentation on the “new” Great Game is too high level to be really insightful, and is guilty of being an OWerpoint (also see this example) in some places, there are some really handy slides detailing Iran’s claims to…
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The Unbucket list
Sometimes you do momentous things, things that every man should do. But sometimes, you do things that you never thought you would do in your entire life. These are collectively known as your “Unbucket List.” Last weekend we built a deck.…
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parislemon: robsheridan: A statement prepared for President Nixon to read in the event that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became stranded on the moon. Whoa.
Got any book recommendations?