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25 Things, a meme reborn
During the year that I was on Facebook (2009), I participated in the viral survey called “25 Random Things About Me”. The idea behind it was simple: you list…
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The Middle Age: The Lower Back Revolts
It’s a long way to my toes. From up here, in the stratosphere of human elevation, I see my distant phalanges pressing against the wilds of the earth — a…
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Predicting File Size of MP3s (and others)
How one calculates the filesize of an mp3/aac/etc given its bitrate and length.
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The Bufos are Back
It’s late spring and the toads have returned. Every April thousands of breeding-obsessed amphibians invade our neighborhood for an extended game of Where’s-the-tadpole? These fat little lumps, better known as the…
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Feeling Crusty
The North American plate drifts 3″ westward each year. That’s over 10 feet in my lifetime. I feel so unobservant. How could I have not noticed? One day it’ll…
