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Entries from June 2009

Here Is Where

June 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments

“In search of America’s great, forgotten history.” (In the NYT.)

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Tags: Asides · Found History

Happiness is Mandatory

June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

Geeks Citizens, rejoice: I made up three alternate Alpha Complexes (uno dos tres) for a buddy’s gaming blog.

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Tags: Asides · Games and Gaming

The Slow Blog Movement, Continued

June 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

On slowiness.

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Tags: Blogging · Daddyhood · Early Internets · Not Blogging

Hacking as a Way of Knowing

June 11th, 2009 · Comments Off

…was a ton of fun, but man, making stuff in the real world is hard! We didn’t make a killer robot after all; we made a flower that only blooms in artificial light.

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Tags: Asides · Digital History · History Appliances · Robots

Department Enrollment Committee, FYI

June 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off

Survey: History undergraduates at Oxford more sexually active than any other undergraduate major.

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Tags: Academia · Asides · History@Play