Monthly Archives: October 2002

IMPORTANT PERSONAL QUESTION

Posted on October 25, 2002 by Karl

Does anyone have any idea where to go for low cost/free legal advice for non-profits? Thanks. E-mail me.

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Andrew Cassel answers some of my Wal-Mart questions

Posted on October 25, 2002 by Karl

Not directly atleast Here goes the Inquirer article. “Did Wal-Mart displace other jobs?” Nope, not in number of retailing jobs, and it had no effect on other employment sectors either. That’s important. Although Wal-Mart grew like topsy in Pennsylvania in … Continue reading →

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Hell has frozen over

Posted on October 25, 2002 by Karl

An impressive anti-Iraq war essay from the far right in The American Conservative. I find these arguments persuasive.

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Scrabble, scrabble, scrabble

Posted on October 24, 2002 by Karl

More source code then you can shake a stick at. Gotta browse here sometime. There are probably fully functional games in this list.

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InkyWatch.org?!?

Posted on October 24, 2002 by Karl

According to this site the Philadelphia Inquirer is biased to the Right. One of the site’s maintainers is a professor at Wharton. Does it have a point? (please read my disclaimers in the sidebar.)

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Building Online Communities

Posted on October 24, 2002 by Karl

Great read at O’Reilly. To summarize: Exist For a Reason Users Draw Other Users Users Will Surprise You Barriers Are Mixed Blessings Mischief (is going to occur) Discuss the Community Openly

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Comments disabled for now

Posted on October 24, 2002 by Karl

I have temporarily disabled comments to configure my site similar to a project I am working on.

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My condolences

Posted on October 23, 2002 by Karl

My condolences to you, Rick, and his family.

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Perl, the first postmodern computer language

Posted on October 23, 2002 by Karl

I forget where I first read Perl, the first postmodern computer language. Happy to have a link to it again. Here goes the related Slashdot thread.

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For Richer

Posted on October 23, 2002 by Karl

My friends on the left will love this NYTimes article. My friends on the right will tear it to shreds. Me? I have doubts about some of it, but I find this hard to argue with: …But then why weren’t … Continue reading →

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