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Pride and Prejudice

By alex | Published: 11/13/2005
Had a chance to go and see the new Pride and Prejudice yesterday. Before I talk about the movie, I should take a moment to discuss why I saw it in a theater. It strikes me that the majority of entertainment executives are on the coasts, and especially in LA and New York. Both these […]
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More sharks

By alex | Published: 10/20/2005
I may need a “sharks” category for the blog at some point. Just talked to my sister Megan. She sounded in good spirits and surrounded by friends. She has a hard road of recovery ahead of her — the @$*&%$ fish apparently severed her quadriceps and calf muscles. But if there was a single word […]
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Alternative conference presentations

By alex | Published: 10/17/2005
The wise old owl Sat in an oak. The more he saw, The less he spoke. The less he spoke, The more he heard. Why can’t we be like That wise old bird? – Edward Richards At the last AIR meeting, the executive committee appointed me to be the new Jeremy, heading up the systems […]
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Schoolof.info top blogs

By alex | Published: 10/17/2005
The Schoolof.info blog server was one of the first university based blogging services in the US, though since it has been my pet project (with thanks for suppoer from the School of Informatics and the Educational Technology Center), and not a substantial, university-wide project, it still doesn’t sport that many blogs in total. Students sometimes […]
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