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June 30, 2007
Structured Procrastination
I'm writing this blog post today. Sure -- it's been a while since I've blogged, and I really wanted to blog earlier, but I finally found something more important not to do. I confess -- I am a world-famous procrastinator....
June 25, 2007
Happy Birthday ET
This month and next mark an unique anniversary of sorts for humankind -- the sixty-year anniversary of the popular realization that we might not be alone out there. The popularity of fanciful images and movies such as this in the...
June 23, 2007
Ugly Dog Roundup
I've been busy working 16-hour-days on a commercial product release, so I haven't had a lot of time for blogging. But something caught my eye this morning as I was scarfing down Red Bull and sketching some activity diagrams --...
June 11, 2007
What Does it Mean to be a Journalist, Anyway?
When old ugly fat people get popular,Lauren Jones is going to be out of luck.I promise to be a gracious winner.What's it mean to be a journalist? Lately a lot of people are asking. Take blogging, for instance. I blog...
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June 6, 2007
What's Wrong with European IT?
"You Yanks are an obnoxious, fun-hating bunch," my British friend told me once, "on the continent people take an entire month off for holiday, and most Yanks don't even take a week." It's true -- mostly. A recent study by...
Space: Kill NASA and Really Explore Space
I am a big fan of anything to do with flying or space. I am an instrument and commercial pilot, and I spend a lot of my free time reading about astronomy, cosmology, and all things space-related. I'm a...
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June 4, 2007
Count me in
Recently I was listening to the Teaching Company's "Understanding the Fundamentals of Music" with my children. As part of this experience, the lecturer Robert Greenberg talked about Dave Brubeck and how much he admired him. Brubeck does something called compound...
June 2, 2007
Secrets of the Web Monkey Ninja Warriors
Listen up! Or things might get ugly In an ongoing effort to do as little work as possible, I have been tirelessly scavenging the web looking to entertain you, the reader. Please -- no need to thank me now. Send...