Monthly Archives: August 2010

Six Word Stories: Request

Posted on August 31, 2010 by MXH

“Send immediately: Lawyers, guns, and money.” With apologies to Warren Zevon. It’s actually not a bad shopping list for an insurgent: Lawyers to restrict the actions of COIN forces, guns to attack the civil society, and money to propagandize the … Continue reading →

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Vacation

Posted on August 23, 2010 by MXH

Apparently, I will be on vacation this week. (Well, vacation from the blog, anyway. I’ve been coming up to speed on Django and WSGI configuration.) Posting will resume on 30 August. In the meantime, perhaps you might enjoy these re-runs: … Continue reading →

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Credentials

Posted on August 22, 2010 by MXH

From the 18 August 2010 edition of Roger Ebert’s “Answer Man” letters column: Q. I have watched and read your reviews for years with great honor. I disagree so strongly with your review of “Eat Pray Love” that it makes … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Gorillas

Posted on August 21, 2010 by MXH

The talking gorillas were dreadful conversationalists.

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Demine iOS 4.0 Upgrades (Multitasking Part 2)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by MXH

Today we’re going to finish updating the Demine project for the iOS 4.0 environment by adding complete support for multitasking. Even though Demine is not going to be doing any background processing, it turns out that a multitasking environment mandates … Continue reading →

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Jack

Posted on August 19, 2010 by MXH

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a “dull boy”. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Time

Posted on August 17, 2010 by MXH

“I’ll get you. Or time will.”

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Alderaan

Posted on August 15, 2010 by MXH

Let’s indulge in a little geek time. In “Star Wars” the planet Alderaan is (spoiler alert!) blown up by the Death Star. It’s a commonplace to notice that this represents a remarkable technological feat, given the size and mass of … Continue reading →

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Six Word Stories: Confidence

Posted on August 14, 2010 by MXH

One broken confidence destroyed two reputations. Editorial note: I don’t think this one quite works, and since I’m fond of the idea behind it, I’m going to go all Director’s-commentary and belabor the point. Whenever you betray someone’s confidence, you … Continue reading →

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Demine iOS 4.0 Upgrades (Multitasking Part 1)

Posted on August 13, 2010 by MXH

Today we’re going to continue updating the Demine project for the iOS 4.0 environment: we’re going to begin to add support for multitasking. Even though Demine is not going to be doing any background processing, it turns out that a … Continue reading →

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