November 2009
30 posts
Nov 30th
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“To accommodate their growing trade business, Mr. Adelson and his partners — Mr....”
– When 3rd Place on the Rich List Just Isn’t Enough - New York Times (via iheartvegas) I hadn’t realized that Adelson (developer of the Venetian and Palazzo) made his first fortune with Comdex. It also partly explains why he’s so interested in being richer than Bill Gates. Heh.
Nov 30th
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On Retweets - Blah Blah Blah
tbridge: Verbatim Retweet: This is the kind that Twitter’s new feature addresses.  It’s when you want to reiterate the exact same point of someone who tweeted ahead of you, or when you want to pass on their point without commentary. However, there’s also the Retweet Plus One: This is the kind of Retweet I actually prefer.  Sure, sometimes a verbatim retweet is the best.  News situations,...
Nov 30th
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Hey, Americans, dudes.
tbridge: Christmas Season starts the day after American Thanksgiving. That’s just how it is. You want to start on 1 December, fab. Great. But Advent technically starts tomorrow, so technically British Christmas Season, as determined by the Church of England, starts tomorrow on 29 November. Just sayin. inthefade: bobbbyg: sniffyjenkins: Are you seriously putting up your trees and stuff...
Nov 28th
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WatchWatch
iheartvegas: Casino Mogul Steve Wynn’s Midas Touch 60 Minutes: Charlie Rose Interviews The Man Who Helped Reinvent Las Vegas The whole thing’s interesting, but make sure you stick around (or fast forward) to the 8:47 mark for one of the Golden Nugget commercials featuring Wynn and Frank Sinatra.
Nov 28th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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“La Placita is owned by Javier Martinez, who’s a native of Puebla, Mexico, the...”
– Taco: The Rules of Engagement: D.C. finally gets authentic Mexican street snacks - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper I want to go to there!
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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“My perspective is framed by my understanding of Scripture,” said the Rev....”
– D.C.’s social changes shift clergy’s place at the table If only more church leaders were more like Rev. Harkins.
Nov 25th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Today’s my birthday, and I plan to do nothing in particular, but it’s a nice enough day that I’m going to leave the apartment in order to do it.  But what should I, a self-respecting man of no particular level of fitness, wear in order to do nothing?  If I were a girl, the answer would be easy: They’re here for Lululemon Athletica’s twice-weekly open yoga practice, and most of...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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“Grackle68K 0.0.9 is a Twitter client for 68K Macs running System 6 through Mac...”
– Grackle68K 0.0.9 via MacInTouch (via noneck) This is so great.  I was thinking of installing OS 9 on the G4 Cube I just got back from a friend, just so I could run Sim City 2000 and other vintage games, and I might have to look into something like this (but it’s a PPC, so I don’t know...
Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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West Wing Creator Aaron Sorkin to Return to TV →
tbridge: jaybushman: Cue the Hallelujah chorus! This is happy making.  I still think Studio 60 got a bad rap.  I loved the second half of that season. You loved the second half? When it turned into a bad ripoff of Moonlighting instead of “Hey, let’s make The West Wing, but about television!”  There were occasional glittering moments in the first half, and The Christmas...
Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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If Isn't One Thing, It's Three Things →
During last night’s insomnia, I peeked at the DC Library’s online catalog and discovered I could check out a particular bread book I’m curious about.  Except I couldn’t place an online hold, because I didn’t know the PIN for my account.  One of the two available copies of the book was listed at the MLK branch downtown, and other business was going to take me to the...
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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“Mac OS X: Do not remove or modify the SyncServices folder Last Modified:...”
– (via tbridge) Have you looked at the internals?  It’s Perl.  Of COURSE Perl programmers write documentation like that.
Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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And Furthermore, Comma
One of the problems I have in looking for technology jobs is that I don’t actually care for or about technology in any traditional sense. I might not be a fan of a particular platform (or, well, several) but I also don’t go evangelizing for the platforms I develop with the most (use Perl;).  I’m also perfectly happy to drop skills and let them bounce around on the floor when...
Nov 2nd
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Thanks But No Thanks
The economy still sucks, and my consulting business has been way, way off, so I’ve been applying for jobs. This is hard because the set of skills I have is sort of sprawling and outside the scope of most corporate jobs (in that world you’re either a developer or an administrator, not an unholy mix of both with some business planning thrown in for good measure).  I do get called for...
Nov 2nd