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@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-17 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-16 (UTC)

  • Reading – Megaupload Video Reinstated, Universal Says “You Can’t Touch Us” (enigmas, TorrentFreak) http://t.co/k1enAZfe #
  • RT @VanityFair Christopher Hitchens, 1949 — 2011 #
  • Reading – Should Copyright Be Allowed to Override Speech Rights? (Marvin Ammori, The Atlantic) http://t.co/EJpuzIqN #
  • Reading – Louis CK's DRM-free direct-sales video experiment pays off (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing) http://t.co/YyDVI9zN #
  • Reading – Piracy Is a Form of Theft, and Copyright Infringement Is Neither (Matthew Yglesias, Slate) http://t.co/OI4UxBsn #
  • Reading – Gingrich Momentum Slows, Polls Suggest (Nate Silver, NYT) http://t.co/X6BXeNMz #
  • Reading – Could the 2012 Election End with a Deadlocked Electoral College? (Josh Kraushaar, The Atlantic) http://t.co/1gZUUnID #
  • Reading – End of the line for the Ponds (Marcus, Doctor Who News) http://t.co/akL3u12U #
  • Reading – Can Paul Win? (Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast) http://t.co/F71m2cYK #

New Office Setup

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No desk. No desk chair. Just a comfy Poang and some shelves. I think I still need a small table to hold a drink and a snack, and probably a footstool.

This will probably result in me spending more time in my actual assigned space. For the last nine months or so I spent most of my time as a nomad, working from comfy chairs in lounges or coffee shops across the work campus.

Curmudgeon’s Corner: A Man Alone

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner…

Sam talks about:

  • Cars
  • Republicans
  • Holiday Shopping
  • Twitter

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Amy Has Her Car… Uh… Minivan!

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TARDIS Blue 2003 Ford Windstar

100% her choice. May she use it for good, not for evil. May she use it in wisdom. May she use it in peace. May she not run out of gas.

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-15 (UTC)

  • Reading – TPMMuckraker
    Obama Enrages Civil Liberties Groups By Dropping Detainee Veto Threat
    (Ryan J. Reilly, TPM)
    http://t.co/w4lmzcur #
  • Reading – SOPA backers: It's needed to take down The Pirate Bay (Declan McCullagh, CNet)
    http://t.co/RHYIpavw #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-14 (UTC)

  • Reading – Is The GOP Base Prepared To Re-Elect Obama? (Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast) http://t.co/tCx0vDzg #
  • Reading – A First Iowa Forecast: Race Is Still Wide Open (Nate Silver, NYT) http://t.co/J6hW1kIT #
  • Reading – Entrails (Josh Marshall, TPM) http://t.co/cszwxplu #
  • Reading – A man, a ball, a hoop, a bench and an alleged thread… TELLER! (Richard Abowitz, Las Vegas Weekly) http://t.co/jAj5vCXw #
  • Reading – New: SMTP Support for the Amazon Simple Email Service (Jeff Barr, AWS Blog) http://t.co/bYuESTSB #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-13 (UTC)

  • Reading – Stand Up and Fight: A Week of Action Against Censorship (Rainey Reitman, EFF) http://t.co/a1w3Ks46 #
  • Reading – Mitt Romney Will Hound Newt Gingrich to the Gates of Hell (Paul Constant, Slog) http://t.co/AQjltm5D #
  • Reading – The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog is Now Online! (Paul Scott Anderson, Universe Today) http://t.co/6Hvlqrve #
  • Reading – Aptera Collapse: How and Why it Happened (John Voelcker, TPM) http://t.co/oddwjrY4 #
  • Reading – FBI: Carrier IQ files used for "law enforcement purposes" (Michael Morisy, Muckrock) http://t.co/jD5XOKcx #

Everybody Sick

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Well, Alex was actually sick last week. Over the weekend he got better and everybody else got sick. Nice hacking coughs, stuffy head, all the fun stuff. Woo!