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Fortune cookie?

Posted on November 5, 2009 by bill

Follow the Path of Emacs, grasshopper, and you shall go far. Venture not down the false road of ‘vi’ and shun the evil ‘notepad.exe’

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What’s Up

Posted on August 1, 2008 by bill

Up… up is the direction exactly opposite the net gravitational influence at a point in space — relative to the observer.

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The Hispanic-i-zation of English?

Posted on July 28, 2008 by bill

(A letter to J. D. Hayworth) Here in Phoenix, the traffic reporters have started speaking strangely. Instead of reporting an accident on U.S. 60, they say it’s on “the” 60. Huh? You get your kicks on Route 66, not “the” … Continue reading →

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