Category Archives: General

Bah. Edwards lost the Veep debates

Oct 6, '04 – 5:03 am

OK, I’ve just watched the vice presidential debates… seems a bloggable moment. Bottom-line reaction? John Edwards missed his opportunity. He hewed too closely to the party line, with “John Kerry and I have a plan…” this and that, falling back on repeating practiced position statements instead of addressing the questions dynamically. It was Cheney’s debate [...]

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Third Logicboard a Charm?

Jul 1, '03 – 6:28 am

I love MacOS X, and I generally like the hardware it runs on, but my iBook has been a sore trial to me. Not three hours ago its video went to shit and gone, producing particularly interesting screen effects before locking the machine up solid. It won’t boot any more, either. This isn’t the first [...]

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Bots are Dumb

May 28, '03 – 7:36 am

I’ve recently revisited the state of AI (as available to the common man, at least — who knows what’s going on in government research), and frankly the news isn’t too good. Some friends from Slashnet have been mucking about with AI bots to run over IRC, and I am seriously underwhelmed. MegaHAL doesn’t do a [...]

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Klezmocracy Rocks

May 7, '03 – 5:56 pm

Portland-based klezmer band Klezmocracy had a fabulous series of gigs this winter, bringing their manic improvizational stylings to the Tugboat Brewery and Mississippi Pizza Pub on alternate Tuesdays. Then, suddenly, they didn’t show at the Pizza Pub one night. Their schedule said one thing, the Pub’s said the other, and I was stuck listening to [...]

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