Monthly Archives: April 2006

book review: “collapse” redux

in my initial review, i only made a passing mention on population growth. in the final chapter, there’s a list of the 12 environmental issues facing humans. 11 and 12 are both related to population growth and third world to … Continue reading

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“new u.s. post aims to guard public’s privacy”

so, there’s this article that was posted on slashdot today. anyone want to explain how this will really make a difference? you have the government policing itself. there’s also the obvious problem that’s mentioned in the article about looking at … Continue reading

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yeah pictures!: regents canal west and flat

i took these pictures yesterday, maybe the day before, but didn’t get around to posting them. most of them are from the small bit i walked down the regents canal on the west side of the islington tunnel. it would … Continue reading

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book review: “nineteen eighty four”

i finally got around to reading it. it was excellent. i realize i’m probably about 55 years late with that observation. i probably read it in about 36 hours. if you don’t have any interrupts, it’s easy to get time … Continue reading

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django, post-tutorial thoughts

i finally got a chance to go through the django tutorial yesterday. initially, i’m very impressed. it doesn’t really go too deep so it will be interesting to see how it goes from here. my main concern is with deployment … Continue reading

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