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Missing a Market

after i read that my new sony reader might soon be upgraded to also support adobe digital editions, i had to look at this and downloaded and installed adobe digital editions on my pc. it seems to be a rather... Read more →

The Last Book

ok ok, i stole that title from a 2002 article, but i really liked the title... so, yesterday i bought a sony PRS-500 reader, i wanted to play around with some e-ink device for some time now, and $300 seemed... Read more →

XML Schema Components in XML

the fact that XML Schema's current XML syntax is a weird cross of machine-oriented and human-oriented syntax constructs has always baffled me. why not make it one way or the other? currently, XSD documents are very hard to edit by... Read more →

Bay's Best Century

yesterday, i did what i would consider to be the bay area's best century ride (not that i am in any way qualified to make this statement), i really liked this ride and the fact that for very large parts... Read more →

Safety in Numbers

citation analysis has become a fashionable tool to provide search committees and human resources departments with something they can count. they can even get pre-produced graphs and pie charts! the strange effect of data is that no matter how much... Read more →

Louisiana Loves Kiwis

today's new york times reports on rooster fights in louisiana, the last state where this is still legal. the funny thing is that louisiana legislators ran into a problem when writing their legislation against cruelty to animals, because rooster fights... Read more →

Competing vs. Completing

currently, bart's embarcadero station is plastered with rebook's new advertising campaign (which is officially running under the theme of run easy), which basically says that competition sports is dumb, and that mere completing is the smarter way to do sports.... Read more →