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- RT @BenedictEvans: Larry Page, Google IO: we want IM to be more interoperable.
Google IM team: we're dropping the XMPP IM standard.
- 40 min bus ride and I forgot my headphones. Time will not fly.
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- Gwynne Dyer spoke at my daughter's school today. Reportedly a great talk about non-violent revolution and protest. #WishIWasThere
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Google IM team: we're dropping the XMPP IM standard.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Templates, James Bond, and URL Shorteners
It is time for a break from C++ templates. I am not sure that doing interesting template things is going to actually move my PhD forward in any way, but it is a very enjoyable distraction and challenge. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Geek Stuff
Tagged C++, Casino Royale, Diamonds are Forever, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, shortener, templates, Twitter, URL, WordPress, YOURLS
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Finally Set Up My Repository
One of the benefits of being “under the weather” is having a brain that is incapable of creative thought. This lack of creativity has caused me to code quite a bit less and tidy things up quite a bit more. … Continue reading
Posted in Geek Stuff
Tagged Dropbox, git, in the zone, PhD, repository, under the weather, zone
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Lazy Political Logic
Occasionally, I do some teaching. I like teaching a lot. There are few outlets that will force a person to truly understand a subject more than being required to teach it to others. I like that. I also like teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Mundane Observations
Tagged authoritah, C-30, Cartman, education, fallacies, lawyer, logic, Machiavellian, Sophist, students, teachers, teaching, Toews, understanding
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Not Now Chief, I’m In The Zone
There are times when a picture is worth a thousand words. There is also the occasional picture that is worth a thousand words, a laugh, and a wizened nod acknowledging a profound truth. Whether it is profound or not, when the picture … Continue reading
Rabbit, Owl, Snow
Yesterday, on my way to being a good father and protector, I saw something very unusual in the snow. Since a storm was expected I wanted to go to the storage building and start the generator before picking up the … Continue reading
Posted in Familial Musings, Mundane Observations
Tagged family, owl, rabbit, school, snow
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Crushed Mentos and Diet Cola
In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. In the Winter an older man’s fancy turns to thoughts of Mentos and diet cola–Tenneyson never had Mentos when he got older. The days are closing in … Continue reading
Posted in Familial Musings, Mundane Observations
Tagged cola, diet cola, family, Mentos, MythBusters, nucleation, science
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