Monthly Archives: December 2008

Jack Kirby’s “The Prisoner”

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

Charles Hatfield documents a project by Jack Kirby where The Prisoner was almost published as a comic.

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The safety net is no longer

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

Inquirer: What about the safety net? ‘A lot of people are falling through.’ As unemployment is failing, Welfare rolls grow for first time since the 90s. Horrible case in point, reported in the LATimes, is the story of the Himmel … Continue reading →

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Great Emacs org-mode and remember.el tutorials by Charles Cave

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

I would read Charle Cave’s terrific tutorials regarding org-mode and remember.el in the order I’ve linked below, but it isn’t required. Using Emacs org-mode for GTD Remember Mode Tutorial Natural Project Planning with org-mode

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Student loans can be dangerous

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

I need to quickly secure a student loan, and it looks far more complicated and dangerous than it should be. LATimes: Student loans turn into crushing burden for unwary borrowers: …Hickey knew she would need loans to complete her degree, … Continue reading →

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Rest in peace: Bettie Page and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Karl

Bettie Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) LATimes: Bidding Bettie Page farewell: “I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer,” Page explained in an interview years later. “I wasn’t trying to change society, or … Continue reading →

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Give Aptana feedback

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Karl

See BillSaysThis for info.

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NYTimes on using GeoDjango

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Karl

Nice work NYTimes. Open: Represent: We built Represent with Django, the Python web framework. Although we do most of our work with Ruby on Rails, we chose Django for this project so we could use GeoDjango, an add-on that supports … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Karl

Spending time with family, getting ready to head home for a quiet night, ready for tomorrow. I hope you have a happy holiday, no matter what it maybe. May there be peace on Earth. Good will towards all. Happy Hanukkah … Continue reading →

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Vacation reading, it’s all Groovy

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Karl

Groovy: Embedding Groovy Groovy: Groovy Beans Groovy: Groovy and JMX Groovy: Using Spring Factories with Groovy Groovy: Dynamic language beans in Spring JavaWorld: Creating DSLs in Java, Part 1: What is a domain-specific language? JavaWorld: Creating DSLs in Java, Part … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Scott and Marisa!

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Karl

Congrats to Scott and Marisa!

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