Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
I wasn't going to go see The Da Vinci Code before, but now I'm gonna!
CNN.com - 'Da Vinci' provokes widespread protests - May 16, 2006
Now that's a movie I'd like to see!
It amazes me that wingnut factions worldwide will call more attention to an issue that they hate by kicking ...
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Monday, March 6th, 2006
Just a little fragment of verse for this evening:
Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise
To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies;
One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.
from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Saturday, December 31st, 2005
I can't believe it is just hours away from 2006 already. Looking back, 2005 was one of the best. I spent my first year at my dream job, moved into my dream home, practiced a respectable amount of music, completed some study on CSS and PHP, and watched my kids ...
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Sunday, August 21st, 2005
I swear, this has got to be one of my biggest fur-generating peeves... I just came across yet another typo in a Wrox book on PHP. I am astounded. I think that the plethora of ridiculous errors that exist in most technology books has held back the advance of modern ...
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Saturday, June 25th, 2005
The Winnipeg Sun has a clever title for this article though: Spotlight - Holland invaded China - two times
As the Chinese government slowly eased its restrictions on jazz, bassist Dave Holland had a whole new audience to win over.
The communist government banned what it deemed ...
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