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Archive for December, 2006

unrewarding life as an airline customer

Monday, December 25th, 2006 Posted under me. | Comments Off on unrewarding life as an airline customer

Why do all airlines treat their customers like shit? I’ve wondered this from time to time, and I guess there are many reasons. I’ve been treated like shit so many times ... Read more..

fergus. beer.

Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Posted under me. | Comments Off on fergus. beer.

I’m sitting here drinking a beer with Fergus. That’s it. Read more..

What the right hand giveth the left hand shall taketh away

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Posted under companies. | Comments Off on What the right hand giveth the left hand shall taketh away

I was surprised after reading about Google lending YouTube $15M to get them through the month before they closed the deal that there wasn’t more of a fuss. If YouTube were ... Read more..

Finishing Proust

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Posted under books. | 9 Comments »

I finished reading In Search of Lost Time early last (Northern hemisphere) summer. It took me six months, reading an average of 20 to 25 pages a day. Russell took ... Read more..

$HOME/Desktop/.. — what were you doing in there anyway?

Friday, December 1st, 2006 Posted under tech. | Comments Off on $HOME/Desktop/.. — what were you doing in there anyway?

Over on the Python Dev mailing list, discussion has been raging about home directories, hidden dotfiles, user interface, etc. See this recent posting for the latest in a debate that ... Read more..