19 Aug 2006, 14:13 p.m.

Managing Chance, Managing Change

Scott Rosenberg shouts in favor of incremental change, reminding me of Leonard's maxim: "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked." Scott also points to Josh …

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15 Aug 2006, 15:13 p.m.

Two, Two, Two Columns In One Post

Last week's MC Masala and this week's went up on the web today. The pursuit of happiness analysis: I'll never make it as a self-help book author because I can't reduce creating happiness to a …

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14 Aug 2006, 7:08 a.m.

Miscellaneous

On Saturday Leonard and I (and some Fog Creek people) visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I got to see a Georges de la Tour that I'd long admired. I especially love this detail of …

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13 Aug 2006, 23:01 p.m.

Means of Production

The Poor Man says funny things about Mel Gibson and Daniel Davies causes me to enter this post in three of my four blog categories (Comedy, Religion, and Taxes). If Leonard leaves the house, I …

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13 Aug 2006, 22:12 p.m.

Reality Check

Residents of the USA: 2/3 self-identified white, around 76% self-identified Christian. In both cases, lower than I'd thought.

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10 Aug 2006, 15:54 p.m.

In The Application Of My Seat To A Yoga Mat

Once upon a time, my brother-in-law-in-law wrote a bit about working out, Daylight Savings Time, doing stuff alone, and same-sex marriage. John's an interesting guy, and I find all of those topics worth exploring, but …

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10 Aug 2006, 14:55 p.m.

Water Cooler

Conversation ended up pondering which would happen sooner, if at all: my reproduction or the end of cheap oil. "Oddly enough, both of those depend on Alaska senator Ted Stevens."

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07 Aug 2006, 7:28 a.m.

I Still Miss You, Will Franken

The Whitest Kids You Know are back from filming a season of their new series for Fuse TV. Saw them last night and they're in top form. Really enjoyed Roger Hailes and Aziz Ansari's work …

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03 Aug 2006, 16:09 p.m.

It's All The Greek Ideal To Me

Kathy Sierra provides Fitness hacks for geeks, including heart rate monitors, accelerometers, and Dance Dance Revolution.

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02 Aug 2006, 18:43 p.m.

Comic Sense...Tingling!

India-centric comic books. I've now read an issue of The Sadhu (interesting) and a collection of the first few Indian Spiderman issues (Brian K. Vaughn has nothing to worry about there). I'll try out Devi, …

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