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I’m sitting outside on one of the most beautiful New England days that I’ve ever seen. I have a hot hot HOT cup of coffee beside me, with the lid off waiting for it to cool. As I look more closely, I see that a bug has flown into the coffee and seems . . . → Read More: Seppuku I picked up Al Gore’s newest book: The Assault on Reason. It’s remarkable. I’ve found that the best way to introduce it to people is to give them a sample of his reasoning without telling them who wrote it. Otherwise, their knee jerk reactions (for or against) overwhelm the logic of the arguments. This is, . . . → Read More: Reading list I got home from Atlanta between 2 and 3am on Friday morning. On Friday at 7pm, I flew to Detroit to see both sides of the fam. I am now delayed in Baltimore, awaiting my flight back to Providence. Tomorrow morning, I shall rise at beastly:30 to go into Boston and work for MIT, integrating . . . → Read More: Back home, to leave again I sometimes peruse the access logs on the web server which hosts my pictures and documents. In doing this, I learn many things. For example, today I learned that I’m a member of a “friends group” called “Not Annoying”. Thanks multiplexer! This made my day! Before I chicken out, here’s a new essay. The first in months. It’s on my faith. Decent day at the office today, with lots of geeky wrestling with details. A little behind schedule, but we can make it up. Suffice it to say that Solaris is not Linux, and the details of that difference really do matter. On the other hand, this is pretty cool: ssh -l root -L 8081:10.10.1.253:80 -p . . . → Read More: Geek Back on the road. This time to Atlanta, to do some work for the CDC. I had forgotten how nice and upscale “real” airline travel seems, from the terminal. Delta has a big, glassy terminal with all new chairs and upscale bars and stuff. Of course, the reason that they spend all that money on . . . → Read More: Travel, again. Went for a run this morning, after a pleasant time at the Hope St. Farmers market, and a haircut. About 2 miles in (my usual turning around point for an impulsive run … also the big house at the midpoint of what technolope dubbed the “philosopher’s walk”) I thought “feelin’ good! feeling’ strong!”. . . . → Read More: Run There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Went back to the other karate school. Took the serious beating at the conditioning class with the grandmaster. I am once again covered in bruises. As Dan said: “You pay for this?” Also, I learned the following: Most guys hit harder than most girls. However, some girls hit much harder than most guys. Ouch. . . . → Read More: Beatings |
