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Back from (messed up) Vacation

( General )

I had a nice time off last week, even though my vacation start was delayed by a 48-hour-thunderstorm-inspired flight holdover in Toronto, and my hike in the White Mountains had less-than-ideal weather. In spite of these minor irritations, it was very nice to take a week away from work and technology and […]

AI Koans

( General )

Okay, I know this has been around for over a decade and has circled the net many times. But, I was reading a colleagues .sig the other day (thanks Regan) and really liked this Koan, which I vaguely recall seeing a long time ago.
A novice was trying to fix a broken lisp […]

Why Podcast interviews don’t work for me

( General )

Some of the blogs I read are increasingly linking podcast interviews, discussions, etc. I listened to one or two, but I find the combination of the serial nature of audio, and the attention-consuming nature of listening add up to more commitment that I am willing to make. It’s so much easier […]

Search beats File

( General )

Ahh, the age old question … how to manage your email inbox? As of a month ago, I made a switch. One month later, I’m still happy, so I thought I’d write about it.
For the past 10 years, I have carefully crafted a taxonomy and meticulously filed any email that I thought […]

Skype and iLBC

( Skype )

I run the Linux version of Skype. I constantly annoy my Windows-based Skype brethren, by commenting on which codec any given call is using, how much packet loss we are seeing, what the current jitter is, and even telling them what kind of firewall/proxy they have.
You see, the Linux version of the Skype client […]