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Archive for July, 2005

Back from the Honeymoon

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Sunset in Long Beach, WA Originally uploaded by cote.
Kim and I are back in Austin tonight/this morning. We had a great time up in Long Beach, WA. We stayed the whole two weeks as The Rendezvous Place Bed and Breakfest, which was fantastic.
I’m sure there’ll be more fote-uploading soon enough.

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Book Review: Freakonomics

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

On the way up to Washington, I read
Freakonomics
. As you might
be hearing by now, it’s all about everyday economic stuff — mostly
crime and cheating — in the style of
Blink
. That is, the
punch-line is usually something counter-intutive or sly.
The book it pretty damn fantastic. It’s chock full of plenty of interesting
stories — about crack-gangs, […]

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[DrunkAndRetired.com Podcast] Episode 13 - Language Oriented Programming

Saturday, July 9th, 2005

In this episode, Charles and I talk out of our butts about Language Oriented Programming. We weren’t really familer with the concept, so we do a lot of arm-chair, actin’ like we’re smarties jib-jabbin’.
(This episode edited by Coté.)
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Austin Bars: Brentwood Tavern

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

We went to the Brentwood Tavern tonight for a little happy hour. It’s up there on Burnet, next to the farmer’s market by Elsie’s (where Academy used to be).
My one-time-visit-review can be summed up in 4 characters: Yuh!
There were some flaws — only appetizers served outside, WTF, dude?! — but over-all, it was a great, […]

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Feeling Better About Tech Work?

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

There’s two stats that seem to follow and oscilloscope-like output month to month: tech workers feel for job security (”confidence”), and C*O’s intentions to hire more tech works. Here’s the most recent:

Staffing firm Hudson said its monthly gauge of information technology workers’ confidence rebounded 12 percent amid more reports of hiring activity and more sunny […]

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