Author Archives: Paul

My Essential Software

August 21, 2010 – 4:36 pm

I recently got a new laptop for work, and had to install a bunch of stuff. For what it’s worth here’s what made it in within the first couple of days: 1Password DropBox (these two together are literally the first thing I install) Evernote Quick Search Box (QuickSilver replacement; either is fine for what I [...]

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Measure of the Man

May 13, 2010 – 8:51 pm

Here’s a piece. about the utter vacuity of people who describe homosexuality as a choice. The following paragraph is as moving a thing as I’ve read this year: He shakes his head in sadness at the life his grandson has had to live. He says he fought alongside homosexuals in those battles, that they did [...]

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She is pretty…

December 15, 2009 – 5:27 pm

…and she is mine:

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The Daily Mail, journalism at its slightest

December 8, 2009 – 10:31 am

For those of you lucky enough to have lived thus far without bumping into it, the UK has a ‘news’paper called The Daily Mail. I say ‘news’ rather than news because it has several facets, none of which are particularly concerned with news. Online it’s primarily interested in which reality TV tramp has slept with [...]

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Empirically Speaking

December 7, 2009 – 7:30 am

Visualizing empires decline from Pedro M Cruz on Vimeo. This is a terrific video showing the rise and fall of the Western European empires. Among other things it’s a great reminder of just how recent some of these territories were surrendered (a process that isn’t complete to this day). Well worth a few minutes of [...]

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