April 2004
RISING UP AND RISING DOWN
…his first novel, ”You Bright and Risen Angels,” … narrated the endless struggle, down through history, between insects and electricity.
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04/25/04
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Internet commerce
Anything you can do by hand you can do with a computer, in about twice the time.
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Observations •
04/24/04
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Whence Language?
Coetzee derives it from song and “the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul.”
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04/24/04
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Worst Songs Ever
Blender magazine picks their worst 50 songs ever.
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04/24/04
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Casuistry
Trying to convince somebody of an ethical or moral claim? Try casuistry!
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04/22/04
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Mice in the Attic
How exactly do mice get all the way up into the attic? The stairs?
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Questions •
04/19/04
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U.S. Military Intervention
What do U.S. military interventions and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture have in common? Not much, but…
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04/19/04
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Innocence
Pato was in the “tree house” sitting quietly on the upper level.
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Stories •
04/15/04
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Improved, yes; good, no
Improvement is not the same as being good, says John Gruber.
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Quotes •
04/14/04
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Family Get-togethers
We need to do things when we’re together, not just sit around.
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Ideas •
04/13/04
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3-D photos
So the lesson for all of us is, never throw anything away. You might need it later.
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Funnies/News/Stories •
04/08/04
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The Meaning of Relativity
In other words… the fact that light speed is everywhere the same leads irrefutably to the conclusion that E = mc2.
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Connections/Ideas/Observations/Reviews •
04/07/04
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Petrichor
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
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04/07/04
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Banking
I found out later that the bank’s computer (running all by itself again, after a night out drinking) had tried to cash the check and found that my account couldn’t cover it because it was not letting me have the money I had deposited.
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Stories •
04/02/04
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Measuring streams
Somebody takes a simplified version of the Bernoulli equation and develops a method for measuring flow in small rivers and streams.
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Ideas •
04/02/04
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Summertime
What is everybody up to this summer? I thought I’d put an entry in here so we could have an…
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Plans •
04/02/04
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