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Monthly Archives June 2006

Go-ings On

Thanks to my friend Scott Morse, I’ve recently been learning Go, one of the oldest games in the world. While the mechanics are beguilingly simple (Liam caught on quickly enough to put up a good fight in his first game), the strategy is incredibly deep. The complexity that emerges from such simple rules reminded me [...]

Posted 20 June 2006 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

I'm Actually Starting to Like Bill Gates

It will come as no surprise to anybody that I’m not particularly found of Microsoft. Their products too often seem feature-rich rather than actually powerful, shiny rather than stable (and are frequently neither). But I have watched Bill Gates with growing respect for a number of years. Today he secured his position in my eyes [...]

Posted 16 June 2006 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

A Grand Day Out with Liam and Sean

One of the great pleasures of summer for me is getting to spend more time with the kids, whose time is consumed overmuch by school during the academic year. (Teachers, take note! Research has shown that lots of homework doesn’t significantly improve academic performance! Ease up, for heaven’s sake!) One of my favorite things to [...]

Posted 15 June 2006 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

Fame!

Our own sweet Abigail gets 15 seconds of fame on the latest batch of voice mails from The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd. (Yes, I realize Warhol said 15 minutes, but Abby’s carefully shepherding her time — it would be a shame to blow all 15 minutes when you’re only nine years old.) If you [...]

Posted 15 June 2006 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

MTV's Surreal World

I’ve been back home for a week now, and have very much enjoyed being in the company of my beloved family again — not only because they’re wonderful people, but because they always inject a note of the unexpected into my life. This week’s notable incidents revolve around a hermit crab. Kathy brought it home [...]

Posted 10 June 2006 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)