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May.20.2010
This week I shopped for three must-haves: a car, a computer, and a pair of sneakers. Researching a new car was simple. A few websites have determined that the number of doors and the color are all one needs to take an educated stab at buying the second most expensive possession in anyone’s life...
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Aug.07.2009
My love affair with the typewriter began on my first day in the third grade. I was standing in line with the other members of my class as the roll was being called. Looking around the room, I spotted the beautiful red Royal machine sitting on a shelf, and its call was more powerful than the teacher...
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Aug.06.2009
THE COMPLETE CURMUDGEON
by Anthony Maulucci
I used to be a curmudgeon but I changed into a neo-luddite. You might say I’ve gone from bad to worse, or from generalist to specialist. Instead of inveighing against modern life in general, or the corruption of Western civilization, I’ve...
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Jul.17.2009
Here's a very nice article about my co-author, David Shippy, on the University of Kentucky's website. UK is his alma-mater. http://www.uky.edu/webuk/spots/spot-232.html
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Jun.15.2009
Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot?
Scary thought, isn't it?
Think about the pressure our protective and security agencies have been under since President Obama took office?
Yet, will all...
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May.16.2009
Anthony Green wrote a good review of The Race for a New Game Machine. You can read the whole thing at http://moxielogic.org/blog/
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May.08.2009
This is very exciting. The fact that this blog is posted on redroom.com means that users can now upload blogs simply by sending an email to redroom.com. I hope our users will take full advantage of this easy and powerful way to communicate with their readers.
This feature is a way for all our users...
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Mar.03.2009
When the public anger dies down over Nadya Suleman's delivery of octuplets she can't support, I think something very positive will emerge from this debacle. Now that Octo Mom, as the popular media so gleefully designates her, has pushed the uses of new reproductive technologies to the extreme, our...
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Feb.19.2009
It looked like a wet dishrag in the driveway, but it was, in reality, my newspaper. The rain had been steady since early morning and even though my San Francisco Chronicle had been carefully bundled in plastic, it had turned into an unreadable, heavy mess. I could have called and had it redelivered...
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Sep.17.2008
Let me begin this post by saying I’m grateful for the concerted efforts of many to counteract climate change and save the planet—by reducing waste and carbon emissions as part of a sustainable lifestyle.
The way I see it, though, material sustainability is passé. It’s more accurate to report we’re...
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