26 Jul 2006, 17:58 p.m.

Activism Activity

I'll probably be at the New York City EFF Meetup tonight, dragging a Fog Creek colleague or two.

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26 Jul 2006, 13:43 p.m.

Daring To Eat A Peach

Evidently comedian Will Franken is doing a podcast, and a very entertaining one at that. Man, I hope I get to see a show of his sometime soon. His audio/video sample page includes "We Are …

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26 Jul 2006, 11:56 a.m.

Ruby Cookbook is Out!

Amazon has it for sale, as does Powell's Books (although Powell's only lists coauthor Lucas Carlson as the author) and the publisher (O'Reilly has a buy-two-get-one-free deal). I am so proud of my husband. People …

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25 Jul 2006, 18:31 p.m.

1995

Jagged Little Pill (including "Ironic" and "Hand in my Pocket") came out eleven years ago. One colleague of mine responded, "Oh yeah, I was in middle school." Another responded, "What have I been doing with …

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24 Jul 2006, 21:04 p.m.

As Cute As Chandler

The many faces of Scott Rosenberg.

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24 Jul 2006, 11:41 a.m.

Downtime Update

Leonard did a complete summary of our weekend except for the bit where I wrote half a column and reread Le Guin's The Dispossessed. We're waiting for the Ruby Cookbook to come out. A local …

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23 Jul 2006, 10:30 a.m.

Solemn Column

No MC Masala column last week due to a mistake or two. This week: the World Cup and connections. The editors break my paragraphs up into paras of one or two sentences, and somehow that …

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17 Jul 2006, 16:29 p.m.

Need Some Wood?

Some great posts on Crooked Timber recently: "I space object!", a validation of my use of "flatmate", UK vs. Britain vs. England, hilarious self-parodying corruption defense, and an explanation of the current Middle East crisis. …

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15 Jul 2006, 13:24 p.m.

A Pop Culture Summary of 2006

I used to make sure to watch the evening network news on New Year's Eve, because they put together classy montages of the year's news to a soundtrack of the year's pop tunes. I can't …

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15 Jul 2006, 13:19 p.m.

Towards Less Sucky Management And Standup Comedy

Perhaps NYC has more opportunities for beginning standup than I'd thought. My sketch needs I fulfill with Slightly Known People every Saturday night, and once in a while The Whitest Kids You Know (although they …

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