11 May 2002, 2:11 a.m.

Google is better than IMDB.* Leonard and I spent…

Google is better than IMDB.* Leonard and I spent about 20 cumulative minutes futilely searching IMDB. One Google search for "french film lost cat" got me this reference to When the Cat's Away. Finally! *Okay, …

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11 May 2002, 1:55 a.m.

I like listening to choral music, especially faster-moving and non-religious stuff.…

I like listening to choral music, especially faster-moving and non-religious stuff. I've known for a long time that I like a cappella of the doo-wop and arrangement-of-pop-tunes varieties, but I also like a bit of …

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10 May 2002, 9:34 a.m.

Reading In Code by Sarah Flannery. Amateurish and annoying with…

Reading In Code by Sarah Flannery. Amateurish and annoying with too many puzzles. But I'll finish it. Even though she, at 16, made a much more efficient algorithm than the RSA's or whatever, at least …

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09 May 2002, 17:43 p.m.

If you live around Berkeley and have twenty minutes to…

If you live around Berkeley and have twenty minutes to spare, I recommend that you take part in Lily Liaw's linguistics experiment involving answering machine messages. She can make an appointment with you anytime during …

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08 May 2002, 15:55 p.m.

Wow, the last Wednesday of classes of my college career! The…

Wow, the last Wednesday of classes of my college career! The home stretch in Logic: the iota operator, a descriptor. "iota x" = "the x such that blah blah blah." Examples: "The large elephant is …

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08 May 2002, 15:27 p.m.

Hand-carry your film when you fly. …

Hand-carry your film when you fly.

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08 May 2002, 8:37 a.m.

Argh, college. I want to say, "Mommy, I don't…

Argh, college. I want to say, "Mommy, I don't wanna go to school! I have a tummyache!" And yet that's now pretty meaningless. And I'm so tired that that was banal and unfunny. Well, off …

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08 May 2002, 1:44 a.m.

The comedy night was bad/good. Good: all the professional…

The comedy night was bad/good. Good: all the professional comedians were quite funny, all four of them (incl. surprise guest)! Bad: my audience was quite unreceptive to all save one of my jokes. I was …

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07 May 2002, 15:33 p.m.

"Extreme" and "Teen" and "Bible." Here ya go. …

"Extreme" and "Teen" and "Bible." Here ya go.

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07 May 2002, 15:27 p.m.

Thanks to Lia for showing me Josh Parsons's amusingly cranky…

Thanks to Lia for showing me Josh Parsons's amusingly cranky and systematic rant on the world's flags.

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