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Yearly Archives: 2008
Down the Rabbit Hole
Early today I was updating course materials on http://trudalane.net/resources when the site started throwing error messages at me. Every text edit produced an annoying new error message. It was a perfect day to pursue the source. I’m housebound anyway and … Continue reading
Me and My Body
Taking stock nine days post-op: I had 3.5 hours interrupted sleep last night, from 4:00 AM to 7:30 AM, the longest sleep in ages. I felt so much better than yesterday when I was out of bed at 4:30 AM … Continue reading
Kudos, WordPress 2.7
WordPress is a fully-featured open-source content platform. From the beginning I’ve written this blog on WordPress. (I can’t remember which version of WordPress was my first.) There have been a few bumps along the way, all my fault, and WordPress … Continue reading
. . . In a Strange Land
What follows recounts an early-December trip to Florida. I started it then and applied finishing touches today. At 11:00 AM on Saturday I was to be found sitting on the bima of Temple B’nai Aviv with the rabbi, the cantor, … Continue reading
Randall Absence FAQs
Where u been? This is a professional blog. Please use standard English. Sorry. Where have you been? Last Friday, about 12 hours after submitting final semester grades, I had hip resurfacing surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Why … Continue reading
Meanwhile,
I must apologize to my regular readers for not posting in 20 days. (Hey loyal readers, great time at the annual Foolish Consistency Solstice Party! Next time I’ll drag in a few more bodies so we can play four-person Scrabble!) … Continue reading
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Insecurity
An article from Friday’s NY Times underscores concerns about the increasing virulence of Internet malware. “Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe on Your PC” opens with this sentence: “Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix … Continue reading