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Maxwell’s demon

By alex | Published: 10/19/2005
Ever wondered what Maxwell’s demon looked like. Luckily, grad students like Carolyn have all kinds of time this year:
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Congress Abandons WikiConstitution

By alex | Published: 9/29/2005
Apropos our discussion this week, the following newsbrief from my most trusted mainstream news source: WASHINGTON, DC–Congress scrapped the open-source, open-edit, online version of the Constitution Monday, only two months after it went live. “The idea seemed to dovetail perfectly with our tradition of democratic participation,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said. “But when so-called […]
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Taxonomic Terrorism

By alex | Published: 8/14/2005
Via Smartmobs I learn of the Ministry of Reshelving, a project to relocate all copies of George Orwell’s 1984 from fiction to non-fiction sections of local bookstores.
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The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink

By alex | Published: 8/2/2005
This handbill from Pasqua Roseee in 1652 almost makes me into a coffee drinker.
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