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The scary thing about this ad is that it’s for a copywriter job:
Someone who can play with the big boys and mentor the little guys
I hope they find a writer who can also write job descriptions that don’t flout gender discrimination laws.

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Stumbled on this news brief today about hackers putting seizure-triggering posts on an epilepsy board. Neurologically, migraines and epilepsy are cousins; flashing lights and patterns are a trigger for both.
It’s easy enough to see why someone would inflict harm on another for reasons of greed, hatred, political gain, etc.; anything in which the inflicter stands [...]

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…you shut down the MacbookPro after spending 7 hours on a Saturday learning how to design templates for an open source content management system, and to relax, you move to the other end of the sofa, turn on your G3 clamshell laptop and post on your blog.

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Mostly sunny. Very warm. High 81F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph.
Seriously.

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Parents pick prayer over docs; girl dies

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After much angst, hair-pulling, reinstalling, and perusing forums, I successfully installed current versions of apache, php, mysql and joomla on my localhost.
Now I’m going to go have a lovely glass of wine at the Nasher Museum, attend a panel about contemporary art, and try to remember that I’m a creative type, not a sys admin.

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This can’t be healthy.
Nice kayak, though.
(photo from Paddlng.Net; photographer is Bob Lippold of Arlington Heights, Il. No attempt was made to gain permission or anything. Please don’t sue me).

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If you go to the blog The Durham Bullpen, the Snow Building is the tall one on the left with the fire escape down the side. My studio is the top right window. I look out over the Lucky Strike towers at American Tobacco.

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I’ve been tagged by Toastie.
According to Mr. Toast, the rules of the game are thus:
Post 10 random things about yourself.
Choose five people to tag and a reason you chose them and make sure to tell them.
Don’t tag the person who tagged you.
OK, here goes:
1. I have written Archie comics. If you’ve read my About Me [...]

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I now have my favorite movie of all time on DVD.

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