Monthly Archives: July 2008

EOM

Good post at Lifehacker about using the “Subject” line as the entirety of an email message, and ending with <EOM> to signal “End Of Message.” I do this at work when the message is, really, one sentence long or less. … Continue reading

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Chaos vs. Mess — 2 movie reviews

Years and years ago, I read the excellent “Chaos: making a new science,” by James Gleick. I recommend it; very interesting stuff. But the point I remember most vividly is that there is a big difference between stuff that’s random … Continue reading

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Poetry writing exercise for Matt

Howdy, y’all. Enjoying my vacation from my folks’ place in northern Tennessee. Lovely new home, new neighborhood and, for my Dad, a new office. So… now that we’re all caught up. On an earlier post, Matt commented and asked for … Continue reading

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Public then edit

I was on vacation last week. The beach in SC. Lovely, thank you, but very windy the last couple days. Good for surfers, bad for families with kids. I try to read one non-fiction book while on vacation (along with … Continue reading

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