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Last year Mike Nolan, coach of the 49ers, wanted to wear a suit on the sidelines in honor of his late father. The NFL fashion police said “No,” forcing him (and other NFL coaches) to continue wearing “Official NFL Apparel.” Never mind that suits were good enough for Hank Stram, George Halas, and the guy [...]

WIU recently updated its policy regarding the academic accommodation statement included on course syllabi. Point 3 now reads:
In accordance with University policy and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), academic accommodations may be made for any student who notifies the instructor of the need for an accommodation. For the instructor to provide the proper [...]

Lately I’ve been thinking about the importance of focusing on the micro rather than the macro: what Johndan talks about in the introduction to Datacloud, or what what Vincent memorably called “little differences” in Pulp Fiction.

The long tail:
I’m probably the 9807234th to write about this, but it’s hard to ignore all the places I’ve [...]

Microsoft has finally anounced a date for the release of Windows Vista: Nov. 30.
The beast has also unveiled Windows Vista Enterprise Hardware Planning Guidance, a lovely blather of corporate-speak. Don’t worry, the page includes actual minimum hardware requirements:
800 MHz CPU, 512 MB memory, 20 GB HDD w/15 GB free, CD-ROM
But they really would prefer that [...]