Category: Stuff
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MySQL engineer needs $400,000 for son’s bone marrow transplant
I ran into this on BoingBoing, and thought I’d repeat it here for anyone who’s listening: The MySQL community — who create, maintain and support the leading free database — are raising funds for Andrii Nikitin, a MySQL support engineer in Ukraine whose little boy, Ivan, needs a $400,000 bone-barrow transplant. “My family got bad […]
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Direction
Things are winding down here… I’m moving into a new and very different house in the next 3 weeks. While school remains the same, I recently switched positions at work, and in a few months I will also leave the country for a whole semester. Needless to say, a lot is changing. But I’m also […]
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Long Hair, Long Time
I just noticed that my bangs get in my eyes when I tilt my head down to read a textbook. This means one of two things: I am due for a haircut I have been due for a haircut for a while, and just haven’t noticed because it’s been so long since I last read […]
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College Student Schools Ashcroft on Torture
John Ashcroft spoke at Knox college – a rather liberal school. There was, as expected, a great deal of people protesting his visit, with varying levels of maturity. Howerver, one student had a very revealing exchange with Ashcroft: ME: First off, Mr. Ashcroft, I’d like to apologize for the rudeness of some of my fellow […]
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Calm
I spend way too much time making plans for my future. Much of my finite existence is spent storing up for something better for myself in the future. And in all of that time, I think I let a lot of precious moments pass by. For some reason, I have recently felt existence – both my […]