14 Nov 2005, 8:11 a.m.

Map Of Our Past

When I last saw Eric, we had a wide-ranging conversation. We talked about flatmates, and music (what with being at the TMBG show), and our careers, and the shape of the tech industry. We laughed …

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13 Nov 2005, 21:43 p.m.

Salon: A Wacky Retrospective

Gary Kamiya writes a funny and poignant review of Salon's ten-year history.

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12 Nov 2005, 11:49 a.m.

Alan Alda, Terrell Owens, and Merlin Mann

Fred Clark mused recently on the use and misuse of the word "professional." The word these days basically means "polite" or "courteous" rather than "competent at one's trade or craft," but commenters argue over whether …

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11 Nov 2005, 12:47 p.m.

Self-Contradiction Comes Free With The Unhappy Meal

I hear complaints about Salon's redesign and feel the urge to dismiss them as the rants of a cranky, vocal minority. But now that Arrested Development is either cancelled or about two inches from cancelled, …

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10 Nov 2005, 13:22 p.m.

Thoughts On Maturity

Hugo Schwyzer on becoming a mature person. Cuts at me the same way Brendan's post on the same topic still does.

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09 Nov 2005, 17:44 p.m.

Predictable Praise

Last night, to soothe my angst, Leonard played me some Leonard tunes on the gee-tar. Man, his recent stuff is incredibly awesome. I hope he can record it soon.

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09 Nov 2005, 14:07 p.m.

Limitations Of The Form, or, "There shall be grief."

The webcomic Cat And Girl hits it out of the ballpark nearly every time. The author admits to ripping off Calvin and Hobbes but I don't mind; she gets her nuggets of wisdom across very …

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08 Nov 2005, 17:43 p.m.

Sounds Like Satire But Isn't

"In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena."

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08 Nov 2005, 16:54 p.m.

RIP

Michael Piller, a man whose work lives on in my and so many fond memories, has died. Via Wil Wheaton's tribute.

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08 Nov 2005, 10:11 a.m.

Yearly Complaint

I hereby complain about California's Proposition 73 and San Francisco's Proposition H.

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