Monthly Archives: July 2002

It was 1985 and I hated Bruce Springsteen

Posted on July 31, 2002 by Karl

Local musician and editor of the Philadelphia Weekly Joey Sweeney recalls 1987 in Salon In the 1980s, after the “Born in the U.S.A.” juggernaut has run over the entire United States, it is as easy as it will ever be … Continue reading →

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What Housing Bubble?

Posted on July 30, 2002 by Karl

A very timely (sorry) Time magazine article on the housing market. Speaking of which, Garret points to an American Prospect article and concludes that “stocks rise and fall, but real estate is tangible and fungible”. Still moving in

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A Web Start community site

Posted on July 30, 2002 by Karl

The Saturn Times covers Java Web Start news. I havn’t written a desktop app in ages. Maybe I will give Web Start a try when I get the time.

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Getting HTML text with timeouts rediculously hard in Java

Posted on July 30, 2002 by Karl

Creating a web crawler in Java is easy – if you don’t need to set timeouts shorter then the defaults. Here is a JavaWorld article and a Sun Developer Connection article on doing just that. But the moment you do … Continue reading →

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This is the true joy in life

Posted on July 29, 2002 by Karl

George Bernard Shaw This is the true joy in life – that being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. That being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and … Continue reading →

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The world can be a horrible place – but this time a 7 year old inspires

Posted on July 27, 2002 by Karl

Time’s deserving person of the week is 7 year old Erica Pratt. A girl that has inspired many in the city and out here in the blogging world. Her strength will be remembered for a long time by many. There’s … Continue reading →

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Not going to be many posts around here for the next few days

Posted on July 22, 2002 by Karl

Moving is tough Lots to do. I’ll be around, just not posting that much.

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MetaFilter goes rabbit manic

Posted on July 19, 2002 by Karl

Since I am the owner of a mini-rex named Velvet, here goes some really interesting and funny links culled from Metafilter today. Signs of rabbit anger (really great site.. continue to read the other emotions), some rabbits are just too … Continue reading →

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Hey I won an award!

Posted on July 19, 2002 by Karl

Like PhillyFuture before, About Pennsylvania has decided to give paradox1x it’s “Pennsylvania Destination of the Day” award. For other (and most of the time much more interesting sites) related to PA, check out the site.

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Report the news fairly and what happens?

Posted on July 19, 2002 by Karl

Both participating sides hate you as the Inquirer is finding out.

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