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Tremendous talent, admirable range as an actor, and, most admirably, he seemed possessed of a genuine compassion for his fellow human beings. Certainly he'll be missed by those who…

Any act that gets you away from work for a while and allows your mind to wander is ultimately helpful. A long shower, a long walk, a long drive, interstitial spaces that give you t…

Interesting read. I particlarly enjoy the fact that Montgomery Ward basically commissioned a computer for production. Makes you wonder what would have come about if all those retai…

I regularly use links (as opposed to lynx) to access text heavy sites; nice, clean, distraction-free reading.

Yes! Score for you, my friend. Chuck Jones is one of my personal heroes. Got to meet him at a book signing in my college years, and he was as personable and humbly awesome as you'd…

I purchase a phone/cable/internet bundle from my provider and the price has held steady for the six years I've had it. In fact, the only increases have been when we've added servic…

Well, there's the rub. I'm a Slackware guy, and have never installed Ubuntu.

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd pay to see a movie starring that triangle.

I confess I had no idea this even existed. And, thinking about that statement, that is probably part of the problem.

Hey Cap'n. My eyes are up here. Yeah, me, the one with the money.

It's really refreshing to hold Ctrl-R and see what new comments slide into place.

When I was a wee lad, my Grandmother used to spend days with me while my parents were working, and after say, a morning in the park, we'd go to the mall and get lunch at the restau…

I was never worried about being a Marxist.

Twitter seems to be working here, unless it's some uncanny fake...

Aha! Sounds like something the true inventor of bitcoin might say. Gotcha back!

Well, according to the authorities at slate.com, there is a distinct possibility that I might have invented bitcoin. (Full disclosure: There's no way I invented bitcoin.)

Sensationalist tech journalism? Well, I never.

For the past few years, I've managed to earn more than I've spent, and have put a good portion of that money in savings. If I should lose my job, I've got a significant cushion to …

Somewhere in all of this, I suspect a Laundryverse story lurks...

Hey, I'm an old(er) guy and I think 110K is a lot of money.

Funny that you should mention the Whole Earth Catalog, as Stewart Brand has been heavily involved in this venture. TED Radio Hour did a piece on this in a recent show. It's worth a…

The last few routers I've used have an option for remote management, but that option is disabled by default, as it should be.