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Ebooks and Audiobooks

I no longer wish to devote space to accumulating and storing physical books. As a former college professor I had more of them than most people, and tended to fill the house with bookcases and shelves. That made a certain … Continue reading

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My Chromebook Experience

I was listening to Hacker Public Radio episode #3242, which was a lengthy look at Chromebooks by a couple of Linux folks, who were on the whole pretty happy with the experience. This may surprise some folks, but I was … Continue reading

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Review: Welcome to Night Vale

I recently discovered this podcast, though it is so popular I imagine many people reading this already know all about it. Night Vale is a fictional town located in the desert somewhere in the Southwestern United States, and the podcast … Continue reading

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Monty Montgomery on Music Encoding

Monty Montgomery is perhaps best known as the main person behind the OGG audio and video formats. He is pretty knowledgable about these things, so when he says most people are asking for the wrong things, I think it is … Continue reading

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Miles to Dayton

I was reading The Lefsetz Letter the other day (see link on mysidebar; if you are not subscribed, his e-mail newsletter is the best thing around.) And Lefsetz starts talking about this band called Miles to Dayton. Now, when Lefsetz … Continue reading

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