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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Back from Europe

29-Feb-08

Just spent about eight days in Germany and Belgium. First time I’ve ever been to Europe, and it was very interesting — unfortunately it was also for work, so the actual amount of time I spent “visiting” Germany and Belgium was minimal. (Though AJ was nice enough to play tour guide Thursday night before I [...]

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Never. Ever. Ever. Mmmkay?

19-Feb-08

OK, quick note to all developers who work with Web browsers (I’m looking at you, Firefox folks!) and window managers — The window I am typing in is the Window I want to see — nothing, absolutely NOTHING that happens in another window, tab, or program is important enough to steal window manager focus from [...]

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New job!

04-Feb-08

One of the things about being a journalist — you get used to keeping things under your hat until embargo dates are lifted, or keeping your mouth shut altogether when someone gives you info “off the record” — and I’ve usually found it easy to keep things close to the vest when it’s part of [...]

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