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I’m not crazy, my wage isn’t any different than my dads…

Posted on May 15, 2008 by michael

I’ve had this suspicion that something is deeply wrong with the economy.  I make a respectable salary as a geek but with a family and only my income we’re barely scraping it together every month. So… the study has fallen off of Stats Canada’s web site, and the article by Linda McQuaig has also fallen …

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Net Neutrality, Americans Canadians, save your internet!!

Posted on May 8, 2008 by michael

This post was originally written around april of 2006:This is a bad day for our american neighbors south of the border and potentially for many english speaking users of the internet. The US Senate Commerce Committee rejected language in a bill which is making it”s way through the senate which would ensure network neutrality. What …

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Multiple blogs, one wordpress install…

Posted on May 6, 2008 by michael

This is not a new idea however the wrinkle for me is that I figured this out after running multiple separate installs of wordpress (and Lyceum actually) for a while. Upgrading wasn’t a real priority (which I know is an invitation) not that any of the blogs are wildly popular (one gets a bunch of …

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I’m baaack…

Posted on April 24, 2008 by michael

Son of the return of the software that ate my blog.   After having lyceum cack and eat the data from my previous blogging attempts.  I have found a less painful way to manage multiple blogs in a single install of software.  Stay tuned for a posting describing the configuration of this blog and the …

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this post will be obsolete in 36 hours

Posted on July 8, 2006 by michael

be warned that this story — and any other on the web — will be barely read by anyone 36 hours after it was first posted. physicsweb This is an interesting article trying to assess the transience of the attention of people using the web. It states that accesses to an article follow a power …

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no regrets

Posted on July 15, 2005 by michael

A recently published study shows that self-indulgence is easier for humans to handle than abstinance.   choosing work over play leads to regrets about having missed out on the pleasures of life. Over time, these regrets intensify, while guilt about indulging tends to fade. eurekalert   So what does this say about protestant work ethic …

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Fathers Day

Posted on June 16, 2005 by michael

Well, this is it.  The beginning of a blog. Happy Fathers day…to me.  Well, I have to tell you for my second fathers day I celebrated by running over to the local water park with a friend and his daughter and we had the most fun you can have for free.  Yep, you heard me…fathers …

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