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don't bother calling the CDC
[ Begin tape - 11:21 W 11 Jun 2008 ]
I was just reflecting on this past Sunday, on which I met up with baronmind and some other folks at Belle Isle. At one point, the topic of discussion strayed to people surviving (or not) in hostile environments, particularly heat. This spawned the subtopic of how sweating actually works to cool off the body.
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netspeak versus english
[ Begin tape - 15:13 M 31 Mar 2008 ]
I'm amused easily. Especially when people talk to me on AIM when they're really tired.
tester: i am magine you are correct
me: That's quite a name change for both of us, Magine. But I look forward to being called Correct every day.
I'm the best kind of jerk, sometimes.
[ End tape - 15:16 M 31 Mar 2008 ]
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saving the world, or merely writing software
[ Begin tape - 09:51 R 15 Nov 2007 ]
⌈ We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ⌋
-- Mother Teresa of Calcutta
When spoken by someone who devoted her life to helping those in need, such a quote sounds ( Read more... ) -
saint nick has the heart of gold
[ Begin tape - 09:29 R 08 Nov 2007 ]
I never post anymore... You'd think I'd be coming back to say something serious. Instead, I'm revealing an insight into the physics of ( holiday mythology ) -
stop invading my space
[ Begin tape - 15:12 W 19 Sep 2007 ]
elvenresistance kept bugging me to pick a unique name for my MySpace page, which I don't even use. It's not that I didn't want to. It's just that I really wanted to use the name "zerobandwidth". The problem was, "zerobandwidth" was taken. In true hacker fashion, the problem is the solution.
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before you marry, you see the ring
[ Begin tape - 08:50 F 03 Aug 2007 ]
We ordered custom-designed wedding bands yesterday. This stuff is getting serious.
[ End tape - 08:51 F 03 Aug 2007 ]
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two days before my fourth workbirthday...
[ Begin tape - 19:04 W 11 Jul 2007 ]
- Bad: Several people were laid off where I work today.
- Good: I was not one of those people.
- Bad: Two of my friends in the "usual suspects" were among those people.
- Good: One of the people for whom I had zero professional respect for, though didn't have any particular personal beefs with, was also one of those ( Read more... )
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a haunting feeling
[ Begin tape - 13:56 R 28 Jun 2007 ]
Wow, I haven't posted in a while. LJ is fancy all of a sudden.
I'm still not reading anything.
[ End tape - 13:57 R 28 Jun 2007 ]
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two thousand lucky seven?
[ Begin tape - 09:39 U 07 January 2007 ]
Happy birthday, Marian.
Happy anniversary, Leslie and Dallas.
(No, I don't really read LJ so much anymore. But some traditions just have to keep going.)
[ End tape - 09:42 U 07 January 2007 ]