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Somehow jointed
This cold has lasted me since Wednesday, although it's largely ameliorated into a hacking cough and a malevolent unease, lingering on obvious streetcorners whenever my head grows too trusting of my knees. But I went and taught today, notwithstanding the danger ( Read more... ) -
Image
In celebration of this fine Sunday morning, I present these images to you, may they serve in peace. It's not much for people, and we managed to take hardly any pictures of Quanzhou at all, but if you enjoy them, it's for the best. -
Gilty Direction?
We saw the Golden Compass last night. It was a pretty sequence of compelling situations, awkwardly handled and pasted together with tar. Thus, it was a spiritually faithful adaptation of the books.
Note that I liked the books, at least inasmuch as they were fun to read. -
Taking up appearances
Due to a horrific fuck-up which - I'm fairly certain - was not entirely my own fault, I am now a database researcher. That's a bit misleading, inasmuch as it evokes (to me, at least) linear hashing and disk management; in fact, I'm working on superimposed annotations à la fab4 backed by dspace, darling of the digital-libraries crowd. Presently, ( Read more... ) -
Marathon!
10/7/2007 Portland OR Portland Marathon - Marathon Bib: 6509 Name: ROBERT MCCALL Gender: M Age: 25 Hometown: PORTLAND OR Place Overall: 4254 out of 7232 ( Read more... ) -
Another run, another run
I'll be running in this year's Portland Marathon; you can track my progress via yon internets on Sunday, October 7th. Last year's time was 4:48:43, due mostly to my needing to walk miles 21-25; this year, I'm hoping to break four hours.
The Portland Marathon is partly a charity event; this year I'm supporting the Oregon Hospice Association, ( Read more... ) -
...with current contortion
Since it seems that nearly everyone else I know occasionally posts code, I think I'd join in*. A puzzle, a puzzle, hooray!
!(Harness class) contortion
|i|
global isNil ifTrue: [i := 0.
global := [i := i + 1.
i < 9 ifTrue: [^i printString ( Read more... ) -
Improdded
Recently, events have transpired ( Read more... )