(warning: hopeless geekiness follows) oh linux, will i ever learn your subtle ways?
All digital storage media fail sooner or later, probably whenever it would be least convenient for you. So I, like all sane people, make regular backups of ...
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Google works to be less evil
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On media monopolies
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Orange Muffins
I write an exam Saturday. So of course I spent the evening wrapping Christmas gifts, cleaning the kitchen, baking bread, baking orange-almond cake (recipe) ...
Update on blogspot hate site
The author of the Marc Lépine fan site I mentioned once before is now on trial for making death threats. Perhaps if he’s convicted Google will finally delet...