January 2011
15 posts
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Jan 28th
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“Do the world a favor and douse your kit in gasoline and set it on fire and next...”
– Kyle has strong feelings about internet amateurs and also cymbals 
Jan 26th
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Come take my badge away
After an incredibly long period of time devoid of any computer building, I set about last night to gut a salvaged computer case and fill it back up with a mix of new and gently used parts.  I need a new computer, you see, and I’m partial to the desktop variety. After four hours of this, most of which was spent meticulously following the step-by-step instructions in the motherboard’s...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 18th
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“The most refined attempts to calculate the amount of dark energy suffusing space...”
– “Darkness on the Edge of the Unviverse” by Brian Greene And just like that… I realized that I’m glad I’m not a cosmologist. 
Jan 17th
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Jan 14th
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“No God means the possibility of less suffering in the future. Believing there...”
– Penn Jillette
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 5th
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Leaving for Vegas in the morning
Am attending CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) for the first time. I didn’t like Vegas my first time there last year, in no small part because there was a massive adult entertainment expo happening and the place was just crawling with sleeze. Naturally, there’s an even bigger adult entertainment expo happening this weekend, so I doubt my opinion of the city will change.  Still,...
Jan 5th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd