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time to hop on the dreamwidth train?
Is it time to move journal hosts? Who would move and who wouldn't?
Should I really delete this one? What's the current state of the art in backup? -
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An old friend I hadn't caught up with in a long time emailed me earlier to say she was worried by the election result, and to ask if I had any reassuring thoughts. This is a lightly edited version of what I sent her:
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census
Hi all.
Please comment if you ever read my journal these days. I want a sense who's out there. No need to be shy! -
a disturbing heat-pump event
This morning, when I was sitting on the couch working, I heard something fall and clatter. I was focused on what I was doing and ignored it ( Read more... ) -
cs ed
I am apparently signed up to write a few-thousand-word research paper for the American Enterprise Institute about CS education. I am a bit unsure about the details of what I want to say, and would welcome thoughts. The goal is to produce "applied research" -- there should be novel claims backed by evidence, that are relevant to active policy ( Read more... ) -
the chicken had it coming
Sophie and I had a roast chicken for dinner the other day. And today I was having the leftovers for lunch. And in practice this meant I had a whole chicken carcass not he plate and was cutting off or pulling off bits and eating them. It felt strange ( Read more... ) -
...but why thermodynamics?
I have had this very strange sensation in recent weeks that somehow thermodynamics is "clicking" for me. This, despite that I haven't thought about it much for years ( Read more... ) -
the wedding
I am now married. Everything went very well. Sophie and I were deeply appreciative of how many people came a very long way to celebrate with us -- and also appreciative of all the people who stepped in at the last minute to help us put everything together ( Read more... ) -
the closing
I now own a house! The closing was Monday but I am only now caught up enough on life to write about it ( Read more... )