Monthly Archives: July 2002

Jinx talk follows blaze

Posted on July 18, 2002 by Karl

Here goes an Inquirer story that touches on what many of the residents feel. Where’s the Daily News on this? Anyway, the place is cursed man. Cursed. Anyone else out there rent from Scully or at the Village Green?

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We’ll miss ya

Posted on July 17, 2002 by Karl

Citing reasons that are easy to relate to, Shelley is saying bye to weblogging.

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Fire (Again!) at my apartment complex

Posted on July 17, 2002 by Karl

We were woken up to the sound of firemen stopping a fire in our apartment complex. The second fire in two years. Last year six people died due to a fire related to flooding. Luckily no one died this time … Continue reading →

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How Ozzy lost his cool

Posted on July 16, 2002 by Karl

How freakin’ stupid is this article on Ozzy in Salon? Man, what bullshit. Let’s get a few things straight…. Ozzy hasn’t changed. The world has changed around him. He was never cool. I got beaten up for liking him in … Continue reading →

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Can Newspapers Save Local Music?

Posted on July 16, 2002 by Karl

This interesting article at NewsForge covers mp3.washingtonpost.com and mp3.boston.com. Two awesome sites that make sense for newspapers and for local musicians. Here goes the SlashDot thread covering the story.

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What are your top 5 favorite Swing apps?

Posted on July 16, 2002 by Karl

That’s the title of a very fun thread at JavaWorld. You’ll find plenty of cool desktop Java apps there.

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Allen Iverson news is rediculous

Posted on July 12, 2002 by Karl

philly.com complete coverage. Philadelphia is all abuzz. TV stations all over his house. It’s rediculous. And now, by basically house arresting him till Tuesday the buzz is simply going to turn into a media frenzy. It’s simply crazy. If it’s … Continue reading →

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The far left will hate it and the far right will dismiss it

Posted on July 12, 2002 by Karl

Amnesty International’s Without distinction – attacks on civilians by Palestinian armed groups via a Third Way

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Writing JavaDocs leads to Refactoring

Posted on July 12, 2002 by Karl

It’s like Peanut butter and jelly. You decide to cleanup you JavaDocs, as you do so you realize the API can be improved, you cleanup your API, erase some code, re-write your JavaDocs…. repeat.

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The Future of ?History?

Posted on July 12, 2002 by Karl

It’s Samuel P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations vs. Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History? in this Policy Review article.

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