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2003

Google: A Brain Extension

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Over the last few days a subtle error on the part of our home's gateway to the Internet rendered Google1 inaccessible. I was in agony. I was unable to write reports and actually felt rather stupid without it. I then realized I had effectively un...

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2002

The Perils Of Accidental Rudeness

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Just now, I did something horribly mean. I ignored a nice person on AIM that was having a delightful chat with me. And \BAM\, I ignored them, never to see a message from them again. I rebooted my computer and any and all traces of them were removed....

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On Leisure

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Looking at the great inventions and awesome creations of art that humankind has collectively produced, I can't help but notice a common theme: the need for leisure. Leisure here not meaning, sitting around and doing nothing at all, but the need...

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Presumed Backing

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I find myself dealing sometimes and indeed am guilty of a phenomenon that I would like to call "Presumed Backing."...

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2001

Adventures In Housing, Take Two

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So, I just found a new place to move into. Just like last year's adventure1, this spin around was every bit of a madcap little hunt for a house. It started out in late July. Poking around made it clear that real estate prices had dropped signifi...

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FTAA, EFF, Skylarov, DMCA

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\The following letter was sent regarding recent lanugage in the FTAA draft agreement that would require, effectively, all nations in the Americas South and North to make it illegal to reverse engineer copyright-protection software. This would permit...

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Active Optimism

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There are, in my view now, two kinds of optimism. There is the pleasantly naive optimism that comes from living a relatively sheltered, loved life. This is how I would characterize my life heading into college. As I ran across the ups and the downs o...

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Lack of Updates

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There have been a definite lack of updates to my website over the last half year early 2001-mid 2001. Some of you have been asking about this. Why have I slacked on posting? It's because I'm going through some very painful and wildly confus...

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Aphorisms

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Just for the sheer, unadulterated hell of it, I'll put some aphorisms of mine here. They may alternately amuse, disgust, or bore you....

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Hired

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I'm hired. I got a job at Legato Systems1 today. It's a big company &8211; a couple of thousand people. It looks like I'll be one of their architects, helping them get a good vision for the future of backup and then helping them actual...

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The Rental Home Efficiency Problem

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There is a fundamental problem with energy conservation as it relates to homes that are rented from a central organization, such as a realtor. It's a very simple problem: the realtor pays for infrastructure, but the renter pays for the utility b...

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