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Sandwich Hugs Inhibit Time Travel
It occurred to me whilst showering this morning that the reason we can't simply step backwards or forwards in time is because we're in the middle of an intimate sandwich hug with our self of a moment before and our self of a moment hence, and so are they. This would be true for all extended material objects (except for Bose-Einstein condensates ( Read more... ) -
time
My post of a few minutes ago was the first time I've posted since December of last year. I *REALLY* need to shift my relationship with time. And I know that (a reasonable level of) journaling can help do that to some extent.
Love to all my friends on LiveJournal - I intend to be more present here.
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metaprogramming against boilerplate
I've been working with Lynn again on a technical project which has revived my enthusiasm for my own technical projects. We're doing most of the implementation inside of one of the more advanced relational database systems, PostgreSQL. What passes for advanced seems to me to be ancient and clunky. Our design is clean and beautiful. Our ( Read more... ) -
2007 on approach
The party we were planning on going to has been canceled - maybe in solidarity with the people of Bangkok, but probably not. I plan to toast the arrival of 2007 from our hot tub ( Read more... ) -
Giving TheOpenCD for Xmas
What does a geek give for Xmas?
One of the gifts I'm giving is copies of TheOpenCD.
TheOpenCD is a collection of excellent Open Source Free Software especially prepared for those of our friends who use the Microsoft Windows Operating System ( Read more... ) -
What an extraordinary outome! Thank you!
I am so proud of all of us who made possible the extraordinary outcome of the 2006 US elections! I'm proud of everyone who went and voted despite their fear that their vote might not be counted, their disgust at the limited choices and their fear that it was all hopeless! I'm so proud of everyone: citizen or not, voter or not, who helped one or ( Read more... ) -
Republican pretexting warning and get out the vote
Dear friends who are American citizens ( Read more... ) -
Come to Fuego de los Muertos!
Next weekend the San Diego BurningMan community is hosting the regional BurningMan decompresssion called Fuego de los Muertos. It will be four days of music, art, spirituality, community and radical self-expression, consistent with the Ten Principles of BurningMan (very worth reading). Tickets cost $35 through the 18th - such a deal ( Read more... ) -
I'm such a fool
OK, for the last six months I've been completely misunderstanding the PostgreSQL backend's memory allocation system. I tend to understand poorly documented systems by assuming they are well designed and filling in the pieces. When it turns out to be crap, I fall face down in it. I think I've got it and everything in my test frame seems to work, ( Read more... ) -
Balancing work and Burning Man
I'm working as steadily as I've been able on my big software project. I'm making slow but real progress. I've been willing to make a serious plan with deadlines because (jumping up and down with excitement) I'm leaving for Burning Man in little more than a week. I have a great life and I stress more than is good for me.
_Greg