05 Nov 2006, 22:16 p.m.

In Response To Reddit Speculation

I wrote something on the Business of Software forum that bears reposting here: I'm not about to try to sell or buy a startup, so there's no point in me speculating about Reddit's sale price, …

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05 Nov 2006, 12:24 p.m.

MC Masala on Election Experiences

I used to work for a state senator. I watched the election returns come in live several times. And I used to be more avid about day-to-day horse races than I am now. This week's …

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04 Nov 2006, 15:17 p.m.

Quote of the Day

"I was trying to determine your role. Are you a baby or a dinosaur? Those are the only two options."

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03 Nov 2006, 10:48 a.m.

Autumn

"Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work -- and life."

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03 Nov 2006, 9:21 a.m.

Geek Visit

My acquaintance Aaron Swartz is visiting NYC this weekend and staying with me & Leonard. We'd never quite gotten around to seeing each other after Leonard and I moved to the East Coast, so now …

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02 Nov 2006, 12:59 p.m.

Preparation

Since the family finds it useful: my wishlist. Sometime I'll update the music portion of that list. Beirut and Belle & Sebastian should be on there. And I may end up buying everything Jonathan Coulton …

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02 Nov 2006, 6:30 a.m.

Best Juror Ever

Seth Schoen's been placed on a jury. Man, Seth would be the best juror ever. I worry a tiny bit that he'll have a Matthew Baldwin experience ("reading an entire book on the scientific method …

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01 Nov 2006, 10:30 a.m.

Decision Theories

Avoiding Projects Pursued By Morons 101: There is much made by people who long for the days of their fourth form debating society about the fallacy of "argumentum ad hominem". There is, as I have …

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31 Oct 2006, 13:03 p.m.

Sucker For Covers

If I time it right, I can force thepAvedearth to play song after song by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

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30 Oct 2006, 17:05 p.m.

Greenback-Colored Glasses

The business-y reports we have to write for my Corporate Finance class got to me when I was rereading P. Larkin's "This Be The Verse". The first two lines are "Executive Summary," the second half …

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