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Archive for April, 2007

Definitely a bad sign.

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I had an idea for a doodle just now, but couldn’t find my sketchbook on my desk.

Guess I’ve been busy.

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Today’s coinage

Friday, April 13th, 2007

pork · up v.t. To concoct or assemble, more at PREPARE. Usage: “I’m gonna pork up a tea. D’you want some?”

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Less fondant than ever before

Monday, April 9th, 2007

B.J. Novak on Conan, with proof that Cadbury has secretly downsized their 2007 creme eggs.

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CPU gnomes.

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

I guess I meant to write something more meaningful as my first nontrivial post in a month.

My poor little PowerBook G4 (Al, 1.3GHz, 768MB) is suffering. Something is eating cycles, and I can’t figure out what. It’s been like this for a week or two. Take a look:

Not enough information? Fine, here’s a top listing, showing that I’m barely running anything, and that the CPU figures don’t seem to add up:

(more…)

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Busy-ness

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

I realize I haven’t written here in quite a while. I have a draft or two that I’ve been idly poking from time to time, like uneaten peas, but nothing really ready to go.

You’ll find I’ve spent most of my time the last few months on teaching; some of my slides are over here if you’re bored and looking for edu-tainment.

For once, E has been more prolific than I, so if you’re looking to read something, pop over there. For my part, well, expect me to have something to say—and time to say it—come late April or May.

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(Apparently the Helvetica view was not available)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

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