Monthly Archives: March 2005

RTFLRB

I think I need this T-shirt. But 20 Euros is a bit steep. What is that these days, like $142? And that’s before shipping. And while I can see teaching in it here, I probably wouldn’t do so in Beijing…
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Ong-bak

I remember going to see Jackie Chan’s and Jet Li’s films before both became bankable action stars in the US. Their films have something in common with Woody Allen flicks. In most cases, if you go to the theater when I do — mostly matinees — you are probably going to be sharing the theater [...]
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May Conferences

I am frustrated. There are some really interesting conferences and workshops coming up in May, but I am here in Buffalo for graduation. Jamie (my partner) is graduating from law school, and I want to be here for that, and as the director of the MI program, I need to be here to see our [...]
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TheWeblogProject

TheWeblogProject is an effort to get people to send in materials to create a free documentary about weblogging. And it only costs $15 to be a part of it. This has already hit the boards at Smart Mobs, and Steve Rubel has already noted that this is grass roots, but with a side of green. [...]
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Podhatin’

Remember the classic 1984 Apple television commercial. Ever since, Apple has built its identity around outsider computing. Has the iPod changed that? A send-up of the 1984 ad (quicktime), ends with the tag: In 2004 Apple Computer sold 8.2 million iPods. Remember 1984, when we said we wouldn’t be like “1984″? Yeah… well… whatever.
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21st century courtship?

Am I just out of touch, or is this a very strange kind of dating: My name is Dave. I’m a twenty nine year old professional card player, living in the United States. I’m white, I don’t have any children or STDs. I don’t smoke cigarettes, but I do smoke marijuana sometimes. I drink alcohol, [...]
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We do wireless

Last night I went to a set of presentations from students in our wifi class in the Masters in Informatics program. Really good stuff. Three groups all went out and did site surveys and decided on what made sense for the wireless users at specific sites. One of the sites was a local electronic instrumentation [...]
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