Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
I really, really like it when a piece of software does exactly what I want it to do. I like it even more when it does exactly what I want it to do even if I couldn't possibly have articulated what I wanted. Example: I'm working in Eclipse and in ...
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
My iTunes shopping cart contains (at the moment) Willie Nelson's new gay cowboy single "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" and Nina Simone's "Anthology" album. iTunes' recommendation based on the contents of my cart?
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Hmm...
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
From the Onion:
KAMPALA, UGANDA—10-year-old Akello Semesseke, wearing the new "World Champion Seattle Seahawks" T-shirt given to him Tuesday by an anonymous NFL-licensed promotions manufacturer, expressed his gratitude for the gift while admitting he was not familiar with the sport of American football. "The Seahawks must be as generous of heart ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Two things made me laugh uproariously last night. First, Elaine's post on Hello Kitty in Taiwan contains the following turn of phrase that had me snorting in my cocktail:
Tonight I left work at 5:30pm & arrived Belltown at 6pm sharp! WTF? Is it a holiday? Did people learn to drive ...
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Thursday, February 9th, 2006
Just looking at the Lonely Planet pages for Zambia (likely I'll be there at some point in the next couple of months) and ran across this description of religious practices:
ReligionChristian (50-75%), indigenous beliefs (50-75%); many people follow both
Gotta love having up to 150% religious penetration...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
Do I pop the Xanax:
a) while in the departure lounge?b) immediately upon getting on the plane, approximately 40 minutes prior to takeoff?c) right before takeoff?d) sometime after takeoff?
Not sure what the right answer is, although I'm now on the plane so it's clearly not a). All I can say is ...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
And that is quite possibly the most utterly rad title for a blog post that I've ever written. Just assume that the rest of the post will suck in comparison...
Right. So this past weekend I once again accompanied some of my expat friends on a long bicycle ride through the ...
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
...and you don't expect them to, it's always a nice little surprise. Take my current travel plans, just as a random example. My itinerary had me departing Kigali at 7:00 PM on RwandAir Express flight 105 to Entebbe, with an arrival time of 8:50 PM. That's on a paper ticket ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2006
Last Wednesday, 6th February, was National Heroes' Day here in Rwanda. I've yet to find an exact definition of the holiday, but given the nation's history it's safe to assume that a large component of the day is remembrance of those who demonstrated heroism during the war and genocide of 1994. ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2006
So it turns out that if you don't pay your domain registration fees, your website no longer works. Your email no longer works and people get scary "domain doesn't exist" messages when they try to send you mail, which feels a little too personal for comfort.
Anyway, back up and running ...
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