02 Nov 2006, 6:30 a.m.

Best Juror Ever

Seth Schoen's been placed on a jury. Man, Seth would be the best juror ever. I worry a tiny bit that he'll have a Matthew Baldwin experience ("reading an entire book on the scientific method …

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01 Nov 2006, 10:30 a.m.

Decision Theories

Avoiding Projects Pursued By Morons 101: There is much made by people who long for the days of their fourth form debating society about the fallacy of "argumentum ad hominem". There is, as I have …

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31 Oct 2006, 13:03 p.m.

Sucker For Covers

If I time it right, I can force thepAvedearth to play song after song by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

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30 Oct 2006, 17:05 p.m.

Greenback-Colored Glasses

The business-y reports we have to write for my Corporate Finance class got to me when I was rereading P. Larkin's "This Be The Verse". The first two lines are "Executive Summary," the second half …

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29 Oct 2006, 8:43 a.m.

MC Masala on Diabetes

Why I was wrong when I jested about diabetes a couple of weeks ago. You see, obesity is a risk factor for diabetes, but just Type II, the type where your body starts resisting insulin. …

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29 Oct 2006, 8:38 a.m.

The Intriguing Darcy Burner

Alexandra Starr's NYT article today called to my attention the race for the House seat in Washington's Eighth District. Darcy Burner is the Democratic challenger. Some interesting facts about Burner: She was adopted. As she …

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27 Oct 2006, 13:46 p.m.

Quizzified

A US woman has the last name as a pretty durn famous US theologian, and has never heard of him.

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26 Oct 2006, 14:54 p.m.

Awesomeness v. Drags

I got acquainted with Stuart Sierra via the NY Tech Meetup and/or Lisp NYC, both of which I can't attend these days because I have class on Tuesday nights. Anyway, he's the coder behind Project …

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26 Oct 2006, 12:42 p.m.

Quote of the Day

"There, there. It's ok. There's no baby Nixon."

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24 Oct 2006, 9:14 a.m.

Rebellion

Yesterday Jacob and I joked about mild-mannered acts of rebellion and destructiveness. Examples: staying out past your curfew to play Dance Dance Revolution, only giving your cats the medication they need once a day instead …

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