Monthly Archives: March 2009

Pardon our dust

So… about every couple years, WordPress craps out on me. Can’t tell if it’s feature creep, spam weirdness, general decay, chaos theory, gremlins, gravitational wells or just plain old me screwing something up. Anyway… I realized that my last two … Continue reading

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Thank you, SpeakerSite!

I used to do a lot more public speaking than I do these days. I mean, I teach one class a week… but while that’s speaking, and it’s kinda public… it’s not really the same. Back when I was in … Continue reading

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Some puzzles frustrate. Some tickle. Why?

I play a lot of games. And games are often “puzzle-like” in that you have to figure out how stuff fits/works together in order to progress. I also very much enjoy certain kinds of word puzzles (Scrabble, Boggle, etc.). I’ve … Continue reading

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The cure for panic is action

Great Bruce Sterling speech/rant at Wired.com. It’s his speech from Webstock, and it puts a lot of grumpy, gnarly, interesting, scratchy, vaguely troubling ideas into a human zone. I do love me some Bruce. Go read the whole thing, but … Continue reading

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