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Monthly Archives: November 2004

intake forms.

by Rob Friesel

Currently digesting… Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace — left off w/ the thought “death by Drano does not look pretty” Fluke (or, I Know Why The Winged Whale Sings) by Christopher Moore (yes, that Christopher Moore) — a delightful birthday surprise. This guy reads like two parts Tom Robbins, one part Neal Stephenson (think […]

/bin/more stephenson

by Rob Friesel

Thanks to P for pointing out that Stephenson’s essay In the Beginning was the Command Line just happened to be hanging out on the web. Sweet. Windows 95 and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a painstakingly […]

what about michael b.?

by Rob Friesel

And now for the news we’re *not* hearing: Michael Badnarik concedes election to Bush. Reuters reports: “In his call to President Bush, Badnarik concedes defeat. However, this concession does not come before the acknowledgment that he [the incumbent] ‘put up a good fight’ and that ‘next time the televised debate conspirists won’t get their way.’ […]