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Retirement thoughts

I’m getting closer to paying off those debts I incurred through youthful idiocy. I wanted to be done this March, and not surprisingly, I wasn’t. What with getting implants for my teeth and needing my knee – possibly also hip – looked at, it’s gonna be a while yet. Not this year, and not early …

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Posted byyorickdowneAugust 28, 2005Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Retirement thoughts

Geeky fun

It’s free! Woo! MicroSoft has woken up to the benefits of a strong “hobbyist” community, and they’re giving away Visual Studio .NET in an “Express” Edition. It will do pretty much everything us home-brew guys want. There’s a bunch of editions – web, Visual Basic, C++, C#, J#, SQL Server. I grabbed the C++ and …

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Posted byyorickdowneAugust 20, 2005Posted inUncategorized2 Comments on Geeky fun

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft

Makkun sends me a special report on torture, published in the British paper “The economist” on January 11th. The article ascertains that the US of A has stepped up its use of torture since 9/11. I can believe that. It is not too surprising, though it does sadden me. Nietzsche sums up my thoughts nicely …

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Posted byyorickdowneFebruary 23, 2003Posted inUncategorized2 Comments on Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft

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