July 7, 2008
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Last laff
Nobody parodies TV news better than The Onion. They’re just wicked. Anyway, just caught Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency on a podcast here on the plane (still boarding), and laughed so hard I just had to pass it along. It’s almost up there with this one, which still wins… Continue reading
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Whether report
My plane to Boston may or may not be delayed, depending on weather. Meanwhile, I forgot my laptop charger in Santa Barbara. So much for getting much done here and in the plane. Some airports have places where you can buy laptop chargers, but not this corner of LAX. “International has a place”, says a… Continue reading
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Pulling the scales from our whys
Noah Brier has an interesting post titled Metcalfe’s Plateau, which he describes as — a place where the value of the network no longer increases with each additional node. In fact, thanks to spam (as deemed by me), the value of the network had started to decline, I was looking for other places to spend… Continue reading
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Minding the Gap Fire
Since I lack a car here, I haven’t gotten out much, and not at all to any place that gave me a vantage on the fire. Until today, that is, when we went to Goleta and I had a chance to pause on Hollister Street by the airport where the Forest Service runs P3 Orion… Continue reading