Monthly Archives: April 2007

Star Blazers: “There are only 364 days left”

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Karl

It used to be life or death to make it home in time to tune in to Star Blazers after school. It still resonates with me on some deep levels I have a hard time putting to words. Looking back, … Continue reading →

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Chris Gardner’s “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Karl

Chris Gardner’s autobiography, “The Pursuit of Happyness”, is worth your time to read, front to back. In it, Chris Gardner records his journey, from his fatherless, poor working class upbringing in Milwaukee, to his stint in the Navy, to his … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness, fear, understanding, and rubber chickens

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Karl

Five completely unrelated posts. Well sorta. Damn I love software engineering…. Coding Horror: JavaScript and HTML: Forgiveness by Default: …The lesson here, it seems to me, is that forgiveness by default is absolutely required for the kind of large-scale, worldwide … Continue reading →

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Herniated Disk Update

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Karl

Things have been steadily improving – the pain in my left leg is no longer constant, nor as bad. It still strikes while standing or sitting too long, or when carrying additional weight on the left side of my body. … Continue reading →

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“Miserable comforters are ye all.”

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Karl

LATimes: Editorial: Too terrible for words: IN THE BIBLICAL Book of Job, the anguished hero is visited by three friends who attempt to comfort him by drawing airy and sententious lessons from his agonies. Of course, they end up adding … Continue reading →

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What’s the Dunbar Number and what does it have to do with online community size?

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Karl

Read Christopher Allen’s fascinating piece on his blog Life With Alacrity.

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Warstories

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Karl

Paul Tyma, a senior engineer at Google, developed and maintains Mailinator, a nifty service that helps you avoid the hassle of associating your personal email address with services you never intend to revisit during registration. A few months ago he … Continue reading →

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On Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Karl

Kurt Vonnegut passed away last week, at the age of 84. Wish we had the chance to hear him about this past week’s events, from Imus to the blogger Code of Conduct. But we’ll always have his books, and the … Continue reading →

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Flex, Flash, and Comcast Interactive Media’s Fan 4.0 Alpha

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Karl

The team I belong to at Comcast, Comcast Interactive Media, released an alpha version of our video player, The Fan, this week. You can give it a try here. If I say so myself, it’s pretty sweet. While more information … Continue reading →

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Tim O’Reilly == Tipper Gore?

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Karl

No of course not. But this still looks like to me. The push to have blogs adopt a ‘Code of Conduct’, including content warnings for visitors, reminds me of the P.M.R.C. and the “Warning, Explicit Content” stickers that are smacked … Continue reading →

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