The end of US clouds in Europe?
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How should Europe riposte to the Trump tariff wars? I visited with some
friends in Madrid recently.
I was surprised how quickly the consensus was rea...
Infinite Mac OS X
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*tl;dr:* Infinite Mac can now run early Mac OS X, with 10.1 and 10.3 being
the best supported versions. It’s not particularly snappy, but as someone
who ...
Viewing the world with mathematics
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I have a very complex relationship with math. I minored in math but I was
really bad at it, and my classmates were regularly running rings around me.
My mi...
Review: The Body - A Guide for Occupants
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I've bounced of a number of other Bill Bryson books before, so I approached The
Body with low expectations. To my surprise I found myself reading the book
...
All the Fitbit activity badges
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Fitbit has discontinued their Fitbit One step trackers, which seems like a
good opportunity to step back and reflect on wearing one for the last
decade or ...
Food Survey Made Easy
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It's becoming a pretty difficult to dine together. Whether for business or
for pleasure.
More and more people have more particular food preferences: vegan,...
The un-phonetic alphabet
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Karl Fogel started this on the whiteboard in building 43 at Google in early
2006. The goal was to come up with an alphabet that, when used to spell out
wor...
Learning colored pencils
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Having studied and practiced basic drawing & portrait sketching in graphite
for the last 8 months, I figured it was time to learn something about
color. Pa...
Hello Microsoft!
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On april 29th 2013, I joined Microsoft’s legendary Developer and Platform
Evangelism team, where I will initially focus on the Enterprise market. I
will re...
Ci sono ancora...
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Ciao a tutti, ci sono, ci sono. Non sono sparito, anche se l'ultimo post è
del 2011. Sto solo cercando una casa alternativa per il mio blog e provando
nuov...
Moving to twitter
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Not having time to maintain or update this site, I have disabled comments
and created a Twitter account, beyondsatire, where you can follow me.
Mammography Debate - When to Start Screening
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At what age is it recommended for a woman to start routine mammograms:
A. 40 years old
B. 50 years old
C. Neither A or B
D. Both A and B.
Until last year, t...
Mug Shot - sans open mouth
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Loyal readers, you'll be pleased to know that I'm actually capable of
taking a photo with my mouth closed. :-)
We just launched a new website, where the ...
Don't Be Evil
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So, [sorta] Health Care Reform actually really passed.
A year of dithering, noise, misrepresentation, back-room dealing, and Deity
knows what else, and now...
Hope
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Several days ago I volunteered on a relief mission to Haiti that brought in
nearly 20,000 lbs of supplies. While the trip was brief, I did travel into
the ...