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Boston Gameloop 2010 #bgl10

I will be heading off to the Boston Gameloop 2010 conference at the Microsoft NERD center in Cambridge, MA tomorrow night. I decided to travel by the means of the Bolt Bus which provides both power outlets for laptops as well as free Internet for the trip. I am not quite sure the quality of [...]

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Promoting PATH Cleanliness With No Trashcans

If you are a frequent rider of the PATH system between New Jersey and New York City you may have noticed big brother communicating overhead reminding you that there is no eating or drinking on the PATH. I have been commuting into New York City for three years now and I absolutely understand their point [...]

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My Issue With WordPress and Blogging

I have been using WordPress for many years now. I firmly believe that there is no better software available, free or paid, for rolling your own blog. The guys over at Automattic are an amazing bunch of people for giving away free software that might otherwise cost thousands of dollars. But with all of that [...]

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The Big Twenty-Four

Another year has gone by and I am once again typing to the sweet melodies of Slipknot, with a glass of Jack Daniels to the left and my MacBook at my right. This birthday unfortunately will be plagued with stuffing my nose into a physics book learning about electromagnetism, but I figured I would take [...]

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The Month Of September 2009

It has been nearly a month since I have slept a full night on an actual mattress. During Labor Day weekend, about a month ago, the unit above my apartment sprung a leak in the bathroom and an existing problem got worse. A small spot of mold turned into a swarm, spreading from the upper [...]

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Envy The Brainsick

There are times that I wish I could be addicted to something. While hanging out with the local chumps I hear the war stories of people that were an addict. There is nothing better than listening to someone recount an experience that led them through the streets of Philadelphia on a path of destruction to [...]

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Beating Children Should Not Be Incognito

When living in an apartment it has generally been an acceptable practice to take out the garbage on time, pay the electric and gas bills on time, and generally be a good neighbor to all of your fellow homosapiens. Another general practice is to make sure that the children that you have bore both in [...]

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