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Entries from January 2008

The Trouble With Facebook

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I think we all knew the truth as early as Usenet: social networking is a pain.

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Tags: Asides · Technology

The Year in Robots

January 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

They’ll kill us on the battlefield, they’ll play with our children. Scientific American describes The Year in Robots.

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Tags: Asides · Robots

I Saw The Old Approaching

January 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

“I stood on a hill and I saw the Old approaching, but it came as the New.”

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Tags: Blogging

Damn Right Your Dad Drank It

January 18th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Closing the generation gap… with whisky, damnit.

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Tags: Canadian Content · Daddyhood · Favorites · Found History

Monkey's Thoughts Propel Robot

January 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments

That’s an actual NYT headline: Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot. Troubadour Jonathan Coulton is the sole voice of reason: “Is this really a good idea?”

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Tags: Asides · Robots · Technology

The Times They Aren't a-Changing

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

What’s old is new? Unchanging Times uses the New York Times‘ archives to prove, again and again, that what’s news is old.

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Tags: Asides

Gaudiloquent Flosculations

January 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Forthright’s Phrontistery presents a Compendium of Lost Words.

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Tags: Asides

God Said No, Abe Said What

January 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

“The Titanic sinking, the Galveston flood, John Henry driving steel … This was the news that I considered, followed and kept tabs on.”

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Tags: Blogging · Books · Old Weird America