22 Feb 2002, 8:22 a.m.

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why should I learn the…

Have you ever asked yourself, "Why should I learn the Unix way to do this when there's probably a web applet somewhere that can do it for me?" Case in point.

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21 Feb 2002, 14:53 p.m.

I try to loathe Friends, but Salon is right yet…

I try to loathe Friends, but Salon is right yet again (isn't it always?): I'll miss it when it's gone. No, really.

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21 Feb 2002, 14:46 p.m.

I am foursquare against ridiculous copyright extension. …

I am foursquare against ridiculous copyright extension.

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21 Feb 2002, 14:37 p.m.

I am almost in favor of open standards for vampire…

I am almost in favor of open standards for vampire movies but I wouldn't want people to construe me as some sort of, I don't know, prescriptivist or anything.

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21 Feb 2002, 12:14 p.m.

Tell ya what, I'll give you the rundown on my…

Tell ya what, I'll give you the rundown on my recent academic triumphs. Linguistics: I've been getting very good scores on the past few assignments. Some of this is me and some of this is …

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21 Feb 2002, 11:01 a.m.

Recent conversations with Seth, Adam, and Leonard (not to mention…

Recent conversations with Seth, Adam, and Leonard (not to mention Jade and Marisa, my friends in my Logic and Linguistics classes respectively) make me ponder topics in linguistics and ethics of rhetoric. More specifically, am …

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20 Feb 2002, 12:58 p.m.

Last night Seth and his sister (Rebecca) and mother (Stephanie)…

Last night Seth and his sister (Rebecca) and mother (Stephanie) visited me. Rebecca asked me, "So, will you write about us in your journal?" And I said, "Of course!" And that's what I'm doing. That …

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19 Feb 2002, 15:34 p.m.

I hung a dreamcatcher over the head of my bed…

I hung a dreamcatcher over the head of my bed and, by suggestion or by something else, it might be working. I've dreamt rather often since I hung it up, and one of those dreams …

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19 Feb 2002, 11:10 a.m.

Huh? …

Huh?

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19 Feb 2002, 8:11 a.m.

I'm reading Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman and…

I'm reading Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner. Enjoyable and thought-provoking. So now I have over a year of my life here in my journal at this website. I started …

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