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Archives for November 2006
links for 2006-11-27
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Stamp Lickin’ Good.
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Interesting story, but the title sounds like something from The Onion.
links for 2006-11-20
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Guess who is never getting invited back to the Laugh Factory?
links for 2006-11-16
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Take us to your leader. We have seen his visage from our home world.
The Quick Brown Fkdlsfjadskasjfskljsdkl
When I was in the third-grade, twice a week the whole class lined up single file and quietly walked down a long hallway on our way to the computer lab. It was there that a gray-haired lady with a cat applique sweater taught us “keyboarding.”
The typing program that we used on the Apple IIe computers had an overly-simplistic method of calculating the number of words per minute each student was capable of typing. It was simply the typing rate, minus the number of errors.
Within 15 minutes of the beginning of our first lesson, I learned that I could game the system simply by flailing my hands wildly against the keys. The error count was high, but it was nothing compared to the astronomical rates generated by my randomly thrashing sausage-digits.
I could (incorrectly) copy a whole line of 40 words in six seconds flat. Here’s how the math worked out:
400 WPM - 40 incorrect words = 360 WPM
Occasionally we had to turn in paper printouts of the computer screens showing our WPM ratings. The real trick turned out to be concealing my well-developing typing “technique” whenever this happened. I wanted to do well, but I didn’t want to stand out and attract attention. I figured 60 WPM wouldn’t raise any eyebrows, so I adjusted my keyboard-thrashing to hit that target.
Somehow I misjudged the rates of my fellow students. On the last day of class I was given a typing award.
I still feel guilty.
links for 2006-11-13
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One man’s quest to create a free .mac replacement.
links for 2006-11-12
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This is the best MFA thesis ever. The pathos!
links for 2006-11-10
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I had heard this about many of the Impressionists, but I had never actually seen side-by-side comparisons.
links for 2006-11-09
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Looks like they finally have a new site.
links for 2006-11-05
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This news story reminds me of my good old college days.
links for 2006-11-04
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Another fellow builds a Klein knock-off.
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A possible source of 16-inch wide body blanks for the Klein replica project.
links for 2006-11-02
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You can’t make shit like this up.
