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January 30th 2010
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“Entering Valhalla” posted

Moving a bit in the timeline of the Transhuman Congress to the late 25th century with "Entering Valhalla": "There's no way you finished Mueller's game already! Sweet kittens, that fifth scenario is ridiculous!" Nana whined. Viktoriya sighed and pulled a short blue dress from her closet. "Just use a slingshot around Cyrus. ...
January 28th 2010
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Robert Sapolsky: The uniqueness of humans | Video on TED.com - Finally, details on the human-female-ovulation-synchronization idea that I was taught back in Gender Studies. It's a good and funny talk, and not just about that. The League of Moveable Type - Wow. Gorgeous open-source fonts. Race Card: If Successful ...
January 27th 2010
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Another story series started

Whoo. If you can believe it, I'm starting up a second story series, tentatively titled "The Witches of Ming Ung", which will be published on Wednesdays. Transhuman Congress will continue to be published on Saturdays. "Witches" is a fixed-length series, so it won't just be me splashing around in ...
January 26th 2010
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Román Cortés » Pure CSS Coke Can - Courtesy of a colleague; this is pretty awesome. Ubuntu 9.04 on Asus Eee PC 701 - Um, yes please. I'm totally doing this tonight or tomorrow. I'm unimpressed with Xandros on Tammy (my 701). Arthur Benjamin does "Mathemagic" | Video on TED.com ...
January 25th 2010
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A new “onload” scheme - Easy! Reader - This is a really clever way to avoid having page-specific JavaScript files (which I've done on larger projects). Tomorrow’s Women, Tomorrow’s World - A more British look at the decline of women in the IT industry. Clients From Hell : Of course I want ...