BoogaBooga pointed us to its September 2001 archive to remind us of how it felt and what we thought during the month of that tragedy. I couldn't believe that it was five years ago that …
Leonard and I are currently watching: House The Colbert Report Life on Mars The Thick of It Mr. Show with Bob & David (reruns) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Sports Night (DVD) I say …
The De Kort Coast Guard scandal video (and an update) and the Nerdcore Rising trailer.
Verity Stob writes a House episode about debugging. "Is this part of the differential diagnosis?" "No. I supplement my meagre income by generating 'white noise' text to help spam messages skip those pesky Bayesian filters. …
MC Masala on plastic plants and my neighborhood. So, a few days ago, my husband and I noticed the new potted plants outside. We checked the one nearest the door and verified its fakeness. And …
Well, there's the intellectual property clearing-firm. It could also start what doesn't exist, which is a universal registry of who owns what IP. Do I hear databases calling? Tech component: check? However, it could be …
"Support The Arts; Bring Them Home Now" "Employees Are Our Greatest Operating Expense" Upon being asked, "Do you want me to take your name, honey?": "No, I'm using it!"
My pedantic little distinctions include "abbreviation" vs. "acronym" and "between" vs. "among." Today I learned a new one: tangible long-term assets get "depreciated," while intangible long-term assets, such as a franchise fee, get "amortized." I've …
I'm studying for my Corporate Finance class. Every so often I have to remind myself that I am studying not the world as it is, but an internally consistent subset, a continent or a country …
My laptop got dropped and now I'm getting the "invalid key length" hard drive error. Surprise! My finance class has more work than I'd expected. Surprise! I got into Columbia, a bunch of my friends …
