December 2001 Seventy posts

• 27-Dec-2001
  More reorganizations taking place… More reorganizations taking place. I’m moving the mountains of content I have around into more logical places. One thing that’s being established is a words area, for pieces which are not journal items, not portfolio items, and stand on their own in some way. I’m exhuming some old mailing list posts for this area. I’ve...

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• 27-Dec-2001
  New lab item: Batch File Rename By File Extension in Unix… New lab item: Batch File Rename By File Extension in Unix. (Not really new, but moved from the smorgasborg)

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• 27-Dec-2001
  I have added a colophon to the site… I have added a colophon to the site.

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• 27-Dec-2001
  If you’re a geek… If you’re a geek, you know very well how distinctive O’Reilly‘s book covers are. Now you can customize one for yourself! Hours of fun for the whole geek family.

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• 26-Dec-2001
  Played Cutthroat with two of my aunts tonight… Played Cutthroat with two of my aunts tonight. Cutthroat = Racquetball with 3 players. Heckuva workout. I am definitely getting in better shape. Granted, I’m not in good shape yet. But I am in better shape. My shape has been a difficult issue my whole life. I’m overweight. Ideally I can integrate behaviors into my...

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• 26-Dec-2001
  I want it on the record that I won I want it on the record that I won the soundtrack to the Royal Tenenbaums‘s being referenced here. I won for shouting “Dignan” in response to the cheesy DJ’s trivia question. Dignan is the funnest character from Bottle Rocket. Jenny and I are on a good streak this month. Jenny won the tickets to the...

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• 25-Dec-2001
  Great interview with Elinor Burkett Great interview with Elinor Burkett, [ link via robotwisdom ] A quote: In the end, those kids at Columbine committed suicide. And maybe the question should not just be, Why did those kids want to kill everybody else? The question should be, Why did they want to die? Those were some pretty unhappy kids. But...

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• 25-Dec-2001
  I like this line very much… I like this line very much, from Doc: … you’d think that Linux was failing on the desktop. It’s not, any more than, say, Saab is failing on the highway…

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• 25-Dec-2001
  ¡Qué horror! I missed Christina’s Birthday

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• 24-Dec-2001
  Presents and Treesville Whoa. Great Christmas Eve at my Grandparent’s tonight. Some great gifts, including theatre tickets to see Mark Twain Tonight with Hal Holbrook. And to top it off, a new header featuring the great tree I got and which my lovely wife decorated. Happy Holidays! Peace on Earth.

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