Sunday, October 26th, 2008
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Anthonio. In sooth I know not why I am so sad,
It wearies me: you say it wearies you;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
What stuffe 'tis made of, whereof it is borne,
I am to learne: and such a Want-wit sadnesse ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
My friend Rani left me the following intriguing comment:
Mike - would love to know how the life/school/work balance (or juggle rather) is going. Have you been able to obtain equilibrium at all? What about nirvana?
I was going to reply as a blog post that night but spent too much time ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
William Turkel, an assistant professor of history at the University of Western Ontario, runs a great blog, "Digital History Hacks: Methodology for the infinite archive."
I first ran across his blog last year via a couple of his research-related posts, the kind of "how to succeed at grad school" material that ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Mark Hurst’s book Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload attacks a problem that, of all people, my Alexander Technique therapist mentioned to me today.
She said that evolution has granted our bodies numerous ways to deal with few or no calories, but no way -- except ...
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