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Entries from January 2008

Monday: One Album in 120 Seconds is Back!

January 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I am pleased to announce the return of One Album in 120 Seconds, a website that I created last year. Here is what I wrote, when the site launched in August 2008:

As a music fan, I find myself reading about music a lot, but I also constantly find myself frustrated with the music writing that […]

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Monday: Your New Favorite Song.

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks to WFMU’s MP3 blog for posting this, your new favorite song.

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Friday’s Filberts: Weekly Readings — Jan. 1-11

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Steal This Wi-Fi / Why It’s Good to Leave your WiFi Open [link1] [link2]
Video: Making a Vacuum Tube By Hand [link]
OLPC XO-1 / Hardware Hacker Reviews the OLPC XO laptop [link1] [link2]
Is Bill Maher Really that Ignorant? (Part II) [link]
Does ESP Exist? [link]
Objectivity: True-to-Nature, Mechanical, and through Trained Judgment [link]
Photos of People Who Have Lived […]

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Thursday: Reading About the Past

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I have had my XO for about three weeks. This little green wonder, a birthday gift to myself*, was purchased via the Give One Get One program of OLPC, or One Laptop Per Child. Basically, I bought two revolutionary laptops; one was sent to a young learner in a developing country, and I got to […]

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Tuesday: Digital Discussion on Physical Terrain

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Eleven days ago I got a new bike — my first since the late 80s. As this was an unexpected gift I am, in short, ecstatic. Now that I am free of public transportation my ride to work is an extreme pleasure: round trip travel time has decreased by at least half an hour and […]

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