Monthly Archives: June 2010

Firefox: Reopen Last Tab

Posted on June 29, 2010 by arensb

Since M. didn’t know about this the other day, I thought I’d mention it, in case it helps someone else: Firefox has a massively-useful feature I’ve been using all the time: reopen the last tab that was closed. You can … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal for the Texas GOP

Posted on June 27, 2010 by arensb

The platform paper of the Texas GOP shows that they’re as chock-full of crazy rightardiness as ever (like believing in “The sanctity of human life … from fertilization to natural death”, and also being in favor of capital punishment). In … Continue reading →

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Autistic Artists and Plagiarism

Posted on June 25, 2010 by arensb

I’ve been having a bit of an argument with someone on another site — a wiki — over his tendency to copy pages from other sites, instead of restating the information in his own words. Stick around. This isn’t about … Continue reading →

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Nouns

Posted on June 22, 2010 by arensb

For all the diversity in human speech, as far as I know, every language has verbs and nouns. No big surprise there: our world is full of things, like trees and lakes and ostriches and stars, something that nouns are … Continue reading →

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iOS 4 Degrades Photos

Posted on June 21, 2010 by arensb

Like millions of other sheeple, today I upgraded to iOS 4, graciously provided by our benevolent overlords at Apple. One problem I noticed is that after the upgrade, when I tried setting the wallpaper, all of the pictures I had … Continue reading →

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Friday Playlist, World Cup Edition

Posted on June 18, 2010 by arensb

Colourbox – The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Africa Suite The Alan Parsons Project – Games People Play Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers Tack>>head – The Game Queen – We Are the Champions Mojo … Continue reading →

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Prop 8 Trial: They Got Nuthin’

Posted on June 17, 2010 by arensb

Just to remind everyone, in 2000, California passed Proposition 22, which said that California would not recognize same-sex marriages, even out-of-state ones. In 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that Prop 22 was unconstitutional, and furthermore, that marriage is a … Continue reading →

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Hope for the Catholic Church After All?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by arensb

So, yet another priest in the Boston area has been accused of child abuse. So far, it’s bad, but nothing you haven’t heard before. What surprised me, though, was this bit from Fox’s coverage: “The Archdiocese immediately notified law enforcement … Continue reading →

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Monthly Reports with Org-Mode

Posted on June 3, 2010 by arensb

Like a lot of people, I have to submit a monthly “bullet” report, listing the things I’ve done in the previous month. Since I use Org-Mode for planning, scheduling, and organizing tool (or rather: I tend to throw a bunch … Continue reading →

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A Classic Flame

Posted on June 1, 2010 by arensb

One of the delightful things about the Internet is reading the occasional well-written flame. Flamage is a specialized subset of writing, with its own requirements; being able to write a good essay or novel is no guarantee that you can … Continue reading →

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