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Posts from June 2007

Posted
4 June 2007 @ 11am

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IT

iPhone

I know I speak as a Mac user and thus by definition in thrall to the Steve Jobs RDF —though I am not in the market for a phone right now—but looking at these new commercials, it does seem as though the iPhone is going to be a license for Apple to print money. […]


Posted
3 June 2007 @ 4pm

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Misc

The Original Atheists

One of the perks of refereeing books for university presses is that you get to pick some books in lieu of money. I try to get stuff that I can’t really justify buying, such as interesting but expensive scholarly books from well outside my field. Which explains why I’ve been reading G.E.M de Ste. Croix’s […]


Posted
2 June 2007 @ 12pm

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Misc

Productivity Pr0n

Individual productivity is the science of organization and management writ small. It is also a key internal component of the Grad Skool Rulz. Thus, for deskbound workers of all sorts, tools and systems to enhance one’s productivity and make one a better person abound. Or from a different point of view, techniques of self-disciplining and […]


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