Cool and Obscure Unix tools:

http://kkovacs.eu/cool-but-obscure-unix-tools

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This March I crossed a milestone in my finances. For the first time in about 15 years, I have more money saved in various forms than I owe.

It’s been a long dig out. But I’m making headway.

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Who: The Ohlone Wind Orchestra
What: OWO Spring Concert (Concert Flyer)
When: Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 2pm
Where: The Smith Center on the Ohlone College Campus in Fremont, CA.
Why: The OWO is probably the closest to a professional group I have had the privilege of playing in. The spring concerts are usually the best. And we’re running through a ( Read more... )

As some of you may not know, Sue had to make a trip home for a few weeks to take care of her parents. They are now better, and that is all good. But for a while there I had about 5 weeks of time to myself.

Sue and I had been planning on “cleaning that closet” and “straightening up” things for ages. Being alone gave me a chance to think about it.

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I was going through some papers today and I came across an index card. It was a very important index card at my last job. At my desk there, I had it pinned next to my monitor where I pretty much could not avoid seeing it.

The card is a list of four things:

- One bug
- One email
- One website
- One project

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“Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch.”

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/e791/?cpg=fbl_e791

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I think it’s interesting when you contrast careers. Often it’s very effective when contrasting how we teach musicians and artists versus other careers. This one is a very effective illustration on how we treat teachers. An amazing read:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shaun-johnson/treating-doctors-like-teachers_b_812096.html

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Some kind person uploaded the entirety of “An Evening with Danny Kaye” to youtube. It’s a benefit concert from 1981 where he was fooling around and conducting the New York Philharmonic. Among his many talents, he was a decent conductor.

Clicking on this link should start the full playlist and show the whole show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ( Read more... )

In case you didn’t get pointed to Jhonen Vasquez’s blog, here he lays out the official story on why Invader Zim was cancelled:

http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=1229

Like most things in life, it really does just come down to how you hide the bodies…

(Edit: Link fixed.)

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