Archive for June, 2008

Jun 30 2008

wikipedia semi-tech question

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I would give my eyeteeth and all my pocket money right now to be able to search across the text of all revisions of a single page — so search bounded within one page title but across all diffs. Does anyone know of such a thing?

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Jun 29 2008

multitasking

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I am indexing, watching Jurassic Park, and playing with my new Blackberry, which I

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Jun 28 2008

A time and place note

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I have not been keeping up with LJ, some personal emails, facebook notes or missed phone calls; and am likely to continue that trend for the next three weeks. Chat is almost always the best way to reach me [except for the next few weeks when you should call, because I won't be online]. I [...]

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Jun 28 2008

pride

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I might not make it in tomorrow to Pride in SF — though it is a historical moment, and I have friends to meet up with who are urging me to go — but I am feeling proud of this state and the people who make it what it is. It’s been a while in [...]

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Jun 26 2008

I am a little scared

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of the drugs I am taking for my cold. They are gelcaps striped in three colors. It looks like Willy Wonka took up designing antihistamines. In other, related news, I can’t breathe, and it’s driving me nuts. Stupid cold + smoke-induced asthma.

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Jun 25 2008

words per ounce

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According to Amazon’s text stats for War and Peace, 100% of all other books have fewer words, while your Words per Dollar are a whopping bargain at 52,888, and Words per Ounce are firm at 17,158. Compare, if you will, to the Cliff Notes version of W&P, which is much more expensive at only 7,054 [...]

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Jun 24 2008

local darwin awards; and baby predators which are the cutest thing ever

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note to self: do not drink and spelunk in the sewers Also, BABY CROCODILE NOISES

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