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Industry retrospectives: acquisitions, layoffs, cycles, and the people who lived through the dotcom-to-AI arc.
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2008-08-18
Hitler Goes To Burning Man, Gets Rick Roll’d and Kicked off WOW Servers While Using Windows Vista
Hitler Goes To Burning Man, Gets Rick Roll’d and Kicked off WOW Servers While Using Windows Vista August 18, 2008 · No Comments There’ve been a slew of these hilarious mashups lately, so I decided to put together a small compilation of them.
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2008-05-12
Archive
2008 May Bookmarked: "Processing.js: Port of the... May 12th Shared "Processing.js: Port of the Processing... May 12th Shared "Mouse Jacket Grown, Euthanized In... May 12th Dugg "Processing visualization library...
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2006-08-27
Don’t marry career women
Don’t marry career women According to a piece in Forbes , a lot of sociological research points to strong correlations between career women and bad marriages.
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2004-07-01
i pensieri stretti, il viso sciolto
i pensieri stretti, il viso sciolto July 1, 2004 · No Comments “Closed thoughts and an open face” - Sir Henry Wootton’s advice to Milton Categories: Tagline...
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2004-07-01
What You Can’t Say - The Conformist Test
What You Can’t Say - The Conformist Test July 1, 2004 · 2 Comments From Paul Graham “Let’s start with a test: Do you have any opinions that you would be reluctant to express in front of a group of your peers? If the answer is no, you might want to stop and thi...
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2004-06-29
I got the visa, but I almost got lucky too
I got the visa, but I almost got lucky too June 29, 2004 · No Comments It went something like this: Consulate guy(CG): What’s your undergraduate degree in? Me: Fashion Design CG: And you have a Masters in Sociology Me: That’s right CG: And you’re going to a bu...
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2004-06-03
Clean URLs
Clean URLs June 3, 2004 · 4 Comments I’ve edited my MT config to create nice clean URLs that’ll last forever, no matter what format this blog gets served in. Now if only I spend as much time implementing the design.
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2004-06-03
endorses fine products from ACME Inc.
endorses fine products from ACME Inc. June 3, 2004 · No Comments endorses fine products from ACME Inc. Originally published 2004-06-03 on kingsley2.com. Preserved as part of the Kingsley 2.0 archive of early Web 2.0 tech writing.
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2004-06-02
likes free as in “bird”, not “beer”, unless it involves beer
likes free as in “bird”, not “beer”, unless it involves beer June 2, 2004 · No Comments likes free as in “bird”, not “beer”, unless it involves beer Categories: Tagline...
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2004-02-19
My Blog Header Blog
My Blog Header Blog February 19, 2004 · Leave a Comment This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/14017.htm Friends, Morons, Countrymen! Lend me your jeers Categories: Uncategorized...
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2004-02-19
Tech: A tiny history of T9
Tech: A tiny history of T9 February 19, 2004 · Leave a Comment This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/493850.htm Technoscribe says (scroll to the bottom) ”… a guy in the mid 90’s who’s father, following serious a road accident, had onl...
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2004-02-19
The Return of the Real King
The Return of the Real King February 19, 2004 · Leave a Comment This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/459811.htm Beware of Imposters’ Posters Categories: Uncategorized...
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2004-01-27
Qualitative and subjective are not the same!
Qualitative and subjective are not the same! January 27, 2004 · 8 Comments This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/442022.htm You’d think people who go to business school can tell the difference, right? You’d be so wrong! I ran into a b...
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2004-01-21
Gillette Vector Plus - Made for India
Gillette Vector Plus - Made for India January 21, 2004 · 5 Comments This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/377965.htm This from Bajji : The newly unveiled Gillette Vector Plus might well be one of the first products made by a multi-nat...
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2004-01-20
Grab that goat! Or cow!
Grab that goat! Or cow! January 20, 2004 · No Comments This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/368195.htm If you are vegetarian because you don’t want to hurt animals, you should first take a deep breath and then read through this artic...
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2003-11-25
Did Dale Carnegie commit suicide?
Did Dale Carnegie commit suicide? November 25, 2003 · 35 Comments Update: Looks like he didn’t from this NY Times article .
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2003-11-24
Can you read the previous post?
Can you read the previous post? November 24, 2003 · 15 Comments This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/337565.htm If you can’t, you need a Unicode Tamil font.
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2003-04-23
2003 » April » 23
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2003 This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/62245.htm Commonsense is a recursive oxymoron.