Via Rebecca Blood, a guide to packing light. Includes the obvious-in-retrospect multipurpose tool: dental floss as makeshift thread and shoelaces.
On Travelocity right now: "In The Spirit of Da Vinci: Last Minute Code-Cracking Getaways from $199." Sedoc gnikcarc ekil*? If you've got a taste for cloak and dagger intrigue, solving puzzles and riddles, or wandering …
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Watched the new Spike Lee film The Inside Man tonight. It contains a subtle Bamboozled reference, constant wit, and unyielding suspense. Very good. From dinner: "Michael Dell [in Direct from Dell] has ruined the word …
Once in a while I see a novel by an Indian or Indian-American or Indian disapora author, especially a woman, and I think that they'll fill up the niche before I get my act together …
Hat-tip to Adi for passing this along: a seven-minute film or trailer about MC Frontalot includes some footage from the show that I attended several weeks ago. Between 3:02 and 3:38 you'll see me, Adi, …
I can't imagine this is completely okay legally, but some folks have reenacted a few skits from Square One TV, including a dance to "8% of My Love." I love that song! It's a very …
From a Business of Software discussion: yes, it's a Steve Pavlina article, but this one isn't nearly as wince-inducing as his "focus all arguments on the other person's flaws" HOWTO. This one is a really …
Talk freely with him about family money situations Mention our one-bedroom apartment Get cheaper memberships at some museums than we could while single Feel threatened by gay marriage (just kidding)
Scheme and me in this week's column. Lisp has considerable status among programmers. Growing proficient in Lisp, the conventional wisdom goes, is like learning Latin or Greek; it teaches rigor and elegance in thought. It …
