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A month late, sure, but better late than never...
Some of you remember that I joined the 9Rules network a while ago. At the beginning of October, 9Rules members got an e-mail advertising a new membership agreement.
After talking it out in Clubhouse, we made participating either in the private member area or my.9rules a [...]
omgwtf Bill Bryson
I’m not cool enough for Bill Bryson to sign his new book near where I live, but Liz is that cool.
And she’s also so cool that she sent me a signed copy.
Thanks, Liz!
R.I.P. Tiny
1990(?)-2007
100,000 spams later
Yesterday, Akismet passed the 100,000 spam mark on my blog. It was just about a year ago that I hit 10,000 spams, but the rate has only been growing.
Thanks to Akismet, which, despite its foibles, is a great service.
Makes it easy...
Well, one way to get me to switch to Linux is for Windows to refuse to install on my new machine.
Vista, even though can clearly see all of my hard drives, says “Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its requirements.” The hell? OK, to Google we go. [...]
Online quizzes as an unreliable diagnosis
Dr. Myers pointed me to a short online quiz, purportedly based on a ostensibly authoritative test by a Cambridge psychologist. Somehow, I doubt it’s that accurate, but it was a curious way to spend 5 minutes.
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