I just posted something to my blog at vlrst.com. Here's an excerpt and a link:

I caught this Bitch Magazine review of ThatsNotCool.com via Feministing and I totally agree. ThatsNotCool.com is an extremely well done site that calls out new forms of abuse and harassment made possible by computer mediated communication tools.
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I just posted something to my blog at vlrst.com. Here's an excerpt and a link:

I recently swapped my much derided and increasingly quirky old mobile phone for a shiny new smart phone. My coworkers stopped mocking me, which was nice, and overall I'm a fan of the quick access to information that it provides. One of the nicest things is that it ( Read more... )

I just posted something to my blog at vlrst.com. Here's an excerpt and a link:

Dunbar's Number ( postulated by Robin Dunbar) is a theoretical maximum on the number of relationships that we can maintain at one time imposed by the cognitive cost incurred by each relationship.
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Happy National Grammar Day

I think this will be particularly amusing to a couple of people on my friends list.

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Q: Yeah. I don't see your company becoming an emacs only organization any time soon
L: you can bring a horse to water, etc.
Q: but you can't make them hit control-meta-e-coke-bottle?
L: exactly.
L: for one thing, horses probably should use the MULE environment
Q: Wow.
Q: You never fail at taking it that extra step.

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According to the Boingers, an R&D building at Apple burst in to flames. I gotta wonder: is this a good sign or a bad sign?

When most buildings burst in to flame, it's because something went very wrong. However, whatever the cover story, when an R&D building catches fire, it might just be because something went a little too right.

For anybody who doesn't know, today is Firefox download day. Download the just-released Firefox 3.0 to help Firefox set a world record.

It's definitely worth the upgrade.