Ragged Clown

It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing…


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Science Education

April
2008

Richard Dawkins doing what he does best – talking about science – to Lawrence Krauss at Stanford. It’s in six parts. You can see the rest here.

Grow Your Harness

April
2008

I had this article published in Better Software a few years ago and it has been sitting over at Developer Testing since then. I am giving it a new home here in case Developer Testing goes away. Who knows? Maybe … Continue reading

Procrastination Forever!

April
2008

“What could he possible be doing instead of his taxes?” you might wonder. I have been going back through all of my old posts and making sure they are tagged correctly. What could be more important than that? I have … Continue reading

Speaker/Blogger

April
2008

Nancy Pelosi uses WordPress! I wonder if she has an opinion on the tags vs categories controversy?

9 months to go?

April
2008

Saint Frank’s column today notices how we are all turning our back on Iraq, even the most passionate among us. But it’s not sustainable. General Petraeus and Mr. Crocker define victory as “sustainable security” in Iraq. But both Colin Powell … Continue reading

Wii Hack

April
2008

Gotta try this! If only I knew someone with a Wii…

Just try

April
2008

In which Paul Graham discovers that the essays they teach you to write in school are completely unlike the essays you might want to write in real life. Essayer is the French verb meaning “to try” (the cousin of our … Continue reading

Science Projects (continued)

April
2008

Now this would make a cool project for a science fair: He was nominated for a Nobel Prize. I don’t care about any of this. Shafik won my heart by publishing a paper in European Urology in which he investigated … Continue reading