Category Archives: Nerdliness

Linux and other nerdly stuff.

How not to make a budget web site

The new Illinois budget web site is a disappointment. Continue reading

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We changed Facebook again!

Facebook’s latest changes, reimagined Continue reading

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Dead delicious

Delicious is having database issues. I can’t reset the password for one of my accounts. Continue reading

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Cold Mac

This is what happens when you leave your MacBook outside in winter:

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Thanks, 2009

Reviewing 2009: family, housework, research, and travel. Continue reading

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Renovations

Time for revisions to the look and feel of this weblog. Continue reading

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Platform studies, antidefined

Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort on what “platform studies” is not–and is. We need to balance thinking about hardware, and we need to learn some code. But that doesn’t mean getting away from software, culture, or the traditional concerns of the humanities. Continue reading

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Updates

Facebook status updates: the memes go meta with the latest interface changes. Continue reading

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But wait! There’s more

A little Google Reader silliness. Continue reading

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Odds and ends Sunday

Odds and ends for an Autumn Sunday: pumpkins in a tree, running a 5K, Amelia nearly walking and talking, getting a jump on Spring courses, writing my application for sabbatical leave. Continue reading

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