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Wacky twists of fate
So I get the new road bike, and I’m too sore to ride and have too much insomnia to sleep. Lo, the irony. The bike is cool though.
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Rapid fire and random thoughts
- Interesting thoughts on the use of mercenaries to settle third world conflicts (Darfour, the Congo, etc) at Instapundit and Marginal Revolution. I’m a bit queasy about the idea myself, though it’s probably worth trying.
- Congress asserts amazing immunities for itself. No-knock raids and tear gas are good enough for you and me though.
- Why do we believe anything sponsored by supposedly independent interest groups, in this case, an epidemic of girls going wild?
- A nice AJAX primer from Brainjar.
- Traffic Data in Windows Live Local.
- The current media created craze is the fight club. I think this article misses out on reasons why it is appealing to techies though. If you’re a programmer, you’re spending all day in your virtual world, and stepping into the ring is about as far away from that as you can get.
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Finally done for the night
Such an evil project. A cool link is WikiMapia.
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Joy, Joy
Now I find that the monster project is to be live at midnight, and not tomorrow morning, and there are 23 more changes, mostly in the copy.
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RIP Steve Mizerak
The CNNSI article
I got his “Pool the Master’s Way” videotapes in the early 90s, and to date, they were the best instructional investment I’ve ever made, and I have dozens of instructional tapes and DVD’s over the years. They improved my pool game several hundred percent.
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Yet more
I’m nearing the “Vomit With Rage” stage of my workday. More changes!?!
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My head explodes
I’ve been up for two days, it’s due in two hours, and they’re still making changes to the project!?!?!?!?!?!
UPDATE: Made it with 20 minutes to spare. Yay me.
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Things I don’t believe in
A list of things I don’t believe in, for no reason other than I find their proponents objectionable, or sensationalistic.
- Intelligent Design theory
- Global Warming
- Public education reform
- Keyboards in rock music
- Authenticity as a meaningful part of music
- McCarthyism being a defining moment of American History
- Native American culture being inherently earth friendly
- Anything to do with “carbs”
- Apple’s vaunted OS stability
- Apple’s better “interface”
- Any positive influence of Janis Joplin
- The oft-touted claim by libertarians that 20% of Americans are libertarian also
- “Natural” foods
- Homeopathy
- Divorce being a public/social problem
- Stem cell research being a big deal, for good or ill
- Biomass fuels
- Peak oil
- Addictive personalities
- Chiropractors
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Yet another new record
I went 60 miles on the Silver Comet with Mike this afternoon. Didn’t feel too bad either.
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The decaffeinated Steve
So, after more than two weeks of a low-caffeine lifestyle I conclude that the net results are positive.
The good:
- I’m not as moody or edgy
- Apparently I’ve stopped fidgeting in the evenings
- I’m not sleeping any more or less
The bad
- I’m a much heavier sleeper than I used to be (which elevates it to near coma)
- My sleep schedule is more erratic than it used to be
- I’m back to having periodic insomnia, though it’s not that bad.