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March 11, 2004 by IanTyger
I found this the other day from a post in Baen's Bar. Now, can someone tell me how to actually create another category in My Favorites to the right? The instructions say I can do it by creating a blank entry without a URL, but that doesn't work.
March 15, 2004 by IanTyger
Presenting - Guns of the Matrix. This guy is awesome
September 27, 2004 by IanTyger
An old optical illusion, but still a good one
September 6, 2004 by IanTyger
I will impbibe alcohol from time to time, but it's not a big deal to me. Nonetheless, I know some of you care. Without further ado - I give you Slate's review of Vodka
June 18, 2004 by IanTyger
Topology fascinates me. So I had to follow up on this...
March 19, 2004 by IanTyger
And if I could get to the bit that lets me add stuff ot My Favorites over on the right, he'd be on it. Once again, a lovely piece of work. OK, he gets paid to write, so you'd expect him to be good at it, but my expectations were lowered by the NYTimes editorial page...
November 16, 2005 by IanTyger
Glenn Reynolds wrote an article for TechCentralStation that is about the differences between large and small organizations in the current environment, and what that might mean in the future. One of the statements he made struck me: " Targeting an industry made up of many small companies is likely to be much harder." We already know this to be true - see the firearms industry. In particular, see what happened to Smith & Wesson when they attempted to cut a deal with the...
July 9, 2005 by IanTyger
I guess I haven't been inspired to blog recently. This didn't start out as a life-blog, rather, as a political safety valve. But with Bush's victory, I'm not getting nearly as inspired to post; I can rant in comments on other people's blogs (and I don't even do that much any more). Also, I haven't had as much time. When I started this blog, I was unemployed, and was to remain so for several more months. It turned out to be providential that I was unemployed for that period of time. It mean...
May 12, 2005 by IanTyger
"The Daily Kitten publishes a new kitten picture every day at 3.07pm GMT, (10.07am EST). We hope you enjoy it." - the intro for the Daily Kitten"
April 17, 2005 by IanTyger
This started out as a comment on Citizen Smash's blog; his wife was asking for advice on picking out a new verison phone. The advice is based on that company's offerings Step 1 of cell phone purchasing; figure out how much you want to pay, what you need to do with it, what you want to do with it, what would be nice to have; in that order. Verizon is a CDMA carrier - the main thing this means is that none of their phones will work in europe or most other countries AT ALL. (they'll work i...
November 13, 2004 by IanTyger
How to speak like a Yakuza
October 30, 2004 by IanTyger
A tech support story gone horribly wrong.
October 21, 2004 by IanTyger
I mean it, I love EGGS1
October 21, 2004 by IanTyger
Neal Stephenson was "interviewed" by the readership of slashdot. And It Was Good.
January 15, 2008 by IanTyger
I have decided that Amicus Curiae is latin for kitbitzers