June 2008
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“…in that world of the perpetual present tense — post it now, fix it later,...”
– NYT’s Lawrence Downes on the dying art of copy editing. (via Syntax of Things, via Maud Newton)
Jun 30th
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“The brain does not simply gather and stockpile information as a computer’s hard...”
– How Lies Live and Grow in the Brain (via azspot)
Jun 27th
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The Internet Vs. The Care of Your Soul →
Pretty good advice, especially points one and two. (via han)
Jun 27th
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On Religion, Public Policy, and Obama →
An interesting post on Obama’s position on separation of church and state. (via rodmitch)
Jun 27th
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“I think it was important, a little bit for the stability factor, that it wasn’t...”
– John McCain on the preaching he did to his fellow POWs in Vietnam, from this NYT article. I think McCain gets the idea of separation of church and state — an idea that, seriously, goes all the way back the Gospel. McCain’s alluding to it here; “Caesar” as in Matthew 22:21.
Jun 27th
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“The problem I am pointing to, however, is […] a simple problem that afflicts us...”
– Language Log’s Geoffrey Pullum on a phenomenon he calls “nerdview.” (via nostrich)
Jun 26th
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Jun 26th
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coffeejection: (noun) a pot of coffee consumed by the other members of the office before the person who made it could drink a single cup
Jun 25th
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Jun 24th
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Moving once again
After six months together in Bloomington, Ashley and I are pulling up our roots again and moving back to the Bluegrass state. IU’s been fun, but my master’s degree is nearly finished now (with only an internship to go) and I’ll be glad to be moving on to the next part of my life. We’ve spent the last week or so packing up everything in the apartment. Since I started...
Jun 15th
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Jun 11th
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“You know, basically it’s a Google. What you can find out now on the...”
– John McCain, who is using Google to vet VP candidates. The article states that “McCain, 71, has faced high scrutiny in his search because of his age.”
Jun 10th
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Jun 6th
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Jun 5th
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“Growing great tomatoes is like having a baby. You either start your own from...”
– NYT — Tomato Catch-Up. Ashley and I have been growing tomatoes from scratch this year. I’ve been surprised at how hardy they are — despite the monsoon season we’ve been having lately, they’re growing better than anything else in the garden.
Jun 5th
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Using .htaccess Redirection to Standardize Web... →
I feel like a Web guru now — using John Gruber’s .htaccess tricks, www.jessedarland.com now magically becomes jessedarland.com.
Jun 5th
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What Newspapers Still Don’t Understand About The... →
(via azspot)
Jun 5th
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Jun 3rd
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Terry McAuliffe Is Wonderfully Deranged →
It’s true. McAuliffe’s scary.
Jun 3rd