Monthly Archives: September 2006

The most powerful weapon in the United States

“Our most formidable weapon is not our military strength, but rather our democratic ideals… It therefore seems oxymoronic that we would embrace a strategy that requires that we toss aside that strength in order to engage in a conflict on … Continue reading

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Beanbags at Plaxo

Mark sent this to me, with the title: “Ahh… $700 well spent ” Photo by Mark Jen

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Kawaii

Someone left an interesting one word comment on a photo I took: First jeans Valley Fair Shopping Center, Santa Clara, California Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 1/8 sec @ f/2.8, iso 400, 6mm (28mm) The word was “kawaii.” (可愛さ)

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Talk like a Pirate Day ecAAAAAARRRRRRRRd

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Office Slang

Dave sent me this link to geeky office slang. We’ve heard them before (some from the Wired), but it’s fun reading them again.

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Political popcorn

There has been some funding movement among the Democratic part. You can read about it on The Next Hurrah or on the Swing State Project. Please remember these are sites slightly biased toward the Democratic Party, so it sounds a … Continue reading

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Web APIs with PHP

I recently received the following book from Wiley: I haven’t had a chance to read it yet so this will be a placeholder for a future review. Links to other reviews

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Argh!

I lost all my photos today. The net result is I lost about one and a half months of photos permanently (around 1000 images), about six months of originals that haven’t been burned yet to disk, lost days of work, … Continue reading

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Ultimate Blog Post of Ultimate Destiny

The ultimate blog post (Digg). via Balloon Juice.

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Flickr + HotOrNot

= Babe versus Babe. Clever. Thanks Digg.

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