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    A bit less of a slacker

    I finally got off my ass and finished moving over my teaching retirement money. I asked them to cut me a check back in February so that I could do a rollover into an IRA. Well, turns out you can only rollover into a traditional IRA, so I got two accounts set up (traditional and Roth) and stalled, and stalled, then moved into the house, then stalled some more… Ah, life. It happens. And the check is chump change in the grand scheme of things, really… Blah, blah, inertia. I’m appreciating a new, larger salary now, though, and have located my inner “gazelle” (although it’s more like a puppy, really)…

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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (July 29th)

    Links for July 29th from 16:12 to 16:12: JeffreyBarke.net » Blog Archive » Installing the Fileinfo PECL module on a Media Temple dedicated virtual (dv) server – A quick and dirty guide to installing Fileinfo on a MediaTemple server. I really appreciate guides like this when I'm trudging through server admin work.

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    “Lina” posted

    I’ve got another short up in the Transhuman Congress — “Lina“: “This is the first model of its type!” the voice above us said in breathy, fast voice. We opened our eyes — no. One of us opened his eyes, but we all see, and in that moment, we diverged. He/We looked up at the human, the blushing/flushed/excited/!! human man leaning over us.

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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (July 8th)

    Links for July 8th from 09:39 to 09:40: Lexington: The underworked American | The Economist – "American children also have one of the shortest school days, six-and-a-half hours, adding up to 32 hours a week. By contrast, the school week is 37 hours in Luxembourg, 44 in Belgium, 53 in Denmark and 60 in Sweden. On top of that, American children do only about an hour’s-worth of homework a day, a figure that stuns the Japanese and Chinese." You Aren't Good Enough – Why you should contribute to open source software.