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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Code Monkey

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Very Short Story

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I just read my first Hemmingway story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” That’s it. 6 words. So many emotions at once. There’s a Wired piece where they got other authors to attempt to tell a story in 6 words. It’s pretty good. via Will

“Obviously a major malfunction”

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Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. I wrote about it earlier today on Clusterflock and I don’t have much more to add. The title of this entry, and the accompanning video are different than that entry. I got them from Thingamababy. Hearing the almost robotic way the PA announcer says […]

Sick Hockey Goal

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Very impressive. Even more so when you realize he’s 9 years old.

links for 2008-01-18

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DreamHost, Movable Type and FastCGI A guide for setting up Movable Type via FastCGI at Dreamhost. (tags: Dreamhost movabletype MT fastcgi) Moveable Type on Dreamhost Some more notes (tags: Dreamhost fastcgi movabletype)

links for 2008-01-17

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Quick REST with ActiveResource and rails (tags: Rails ruby tutorial)

links for 2008-01-16

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How Can America’s Rich Teach Their Children the Value of a Dollar? — New York Magazine Tales about growing up rich and raising kids…you know, for inspiration (tags: commentary family kids money)

Wii Remote Headtracking for Living Room VR

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I just saw a post over at Will’s blog about this and I was amazed. Watch and enjoy: