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Open wider – I still can’t see the money
From the instructions (referencing the remote control) on a new Bush DVD player (DVD2401) We recommend the use of Ever Ready Energizer batteries. In the package was a pair of “Super Lonlife” batteries (note the misspelling). A little searching suggests these are from China, which is probably where the DVD player was put together. No [...]
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A WordPress security patch and 2 other things to check out later
There’s a new WordPress security update. Happily it’s really easy to apply. While doing that (when I should have been doing other things) I stumbled across two other things that I should look at later: A potentially interesting piece on WordPress themes An interesting looking anti-spam tool But they’ll have to wait. No tag for [...]
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I really like the long days of summer up here
Unfortunately, they come with evil short days in the winter. Sigh. No tag for this post. Related posts No related posts.
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A mighty fine debut
As I reported on the family news site, Friday saw the annual dance recital. Sub-Evil Boy‘s been doing this dance thing for years (5? 6?), so he’s an old hand (more on that later), but this was particularly special because it was the debut of WeatherGirl on the dancing stage. They’ve each already written about [...]
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Grades are done; now I sleep
After two all-nighters (modulo a few short naps), my grades are all submitted and now I go to catch a few hours before a meeting at 3:30pm. This is the price I pay for being spasmo on my grading during the semester, and then going to GPTP smack in the middle of finals week. Ugh. [...]
YATTNS: Yet Another Threat To National Security
In the excitement of arriving in Ann Arbor I forgot to mention a somewhat bizarre story from the trip out. Ellery and I were going through security at Minneapolis, and there was a “sinking feeling in stomach” moment when the security folks decided to run my backpack through the x-ray a second time, asking “Is [...]
My name’s Noah, and I’m looking for some animals
I fully intend to write up some of my notes from the workshop (so many cool things!), but recent events (on a water theme) have overtaken and require reporting. The trouble started when the tornado sirens went off during the closing discussions this evening. There we have a bunch of out-of-towners, most of which haven’t [...]
In memory of absent friends
Here at GPTP we’re missing Bill Langdon, one of the brightest people in the field and one whose long term influence is hard to overstate. He’s not dead (despite my title), but has made a principled decision to not come to the U.S. (he’s British) as long as we persist in our paranoid response to [...]
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