09 Sep 2006, 8:44 a.m.

Don't Resign Yourself To Blair's Resignation Just Yet

I'm told that Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, has said he'll resign next year but won't give a specific date. Evidently he's fond of the surprise execution paradox. Hmmm, if he's going to resign …

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08 Sep 2006, 19:23 p.m.

Sensitive

Jon Carroll makes coffee and spins an awesome column out of it. I went back to Northern California for a week, for the first time in eight months, and drank booze with my editor and …

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08 Sep 2006, 18:21 p.m.

The Ride

A few Salon articles I've enjoyed: Andrew Leonard on learning to be a father and Cary Tennis explaining why people drink and take drugs. Once upon a time, Salon was a weekly literary magazine. Then …

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08 Sep 2006, 13:25 p.m.

Work Experience

A story about fast food reminds me how lucky I am that I've never worked that kind of retail. A few friends of mine who have really impressive resumes up online: web designer Kristofer Straub, …

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07 Sep 2006, 11:21 a.m.

Glom

A corporation has bought Cody's Books. I hope it improves more than it worsens. Ideas for t-shirts I would wear:I Have A Work Ethic Woohoo, I'm Married! Someday I Will Be Successful Courtesy Is Awesome …

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07 Sep 2006, 8:48 a.m.

Time!

Homework for the second Technology in the Business Environment class (this coming Tuesday): read five book chapters, and write a two-page analysis of different valuation structures at my workplace. Homework for the second Corporate Finance …

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06 Sep 2006, 13:42 p.m.

Fame

I'm in the blue shirt.

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05 Sep 2006, 7:41 a.m.

Continuing Education

Tonight I start a four-semester Master's program at Columbia: the Executive Master of Science in Technology Management, offered by the School of Continuing Education. Finance, psych, marketing, planning, history, law, that sort of stuff. My …

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04 Sep 2006, 16:23 p.m.

I Thought I'd Never Need My TI-85 Again

How to use Google as a calculator. Tip: Don't try using π; just type "pi".

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04 Sep 2006, 9:47 a.m.

OneWebDay is September 22

Last month, the smart and charismatic Susan Crawford spoke to the New York Tech Meetup about OneWebDay. I'll have to do some interesting blogging that day, celebrating all the wonderful things the Web has given …

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