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If you were wondering what to get me for Festivus →
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Twitter Doesn't Need URL Shorteners
Look, once upon a time, URL shorteners were pretty necessary. When it originated, it was intended to be used from your janky cellphones to send text messages. That’s where the 140 character limit comes from. SMS tended to break at 160 characters, so they left twenty for the originating username. Virtually nobody uses text messages for twitter anymore, and the tiny remaining few aren’t going to...
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The Myth Of The Filibuster: Dems Can't Make... →
The filibuster isn’t what you probably think. “You cannot force senators to talk during a filibuster,” says Dove. “Delay in the Senate is not difficult and, frankly, the only way to end it is through cloture.”
May 28th
Bookmarklet Black Belt - Quix Pro Recipe
This is focused pretty heavily toward a particular type of user, the guy who works from a lot of different devices, has his own specific ways of doing things, and likes to customize his workflow really heavily with tools and tricks to smooth out rough edges. When you set this up, you’ve got a huge variety of bookmarklet tools that are just how you like them, they’re available everywhere you...
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Evie Loves The iPad 
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March 2010
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Ignorance, Legend and Taijiquan →
An excellent article on the origins of Taijiquan, Zhang Sanfeng, internal and external arts, and how Chinese politics shaped the myths that are largely considered to be “history” now. Well researched and eye-opening for a student of any Chinese art. (via Instapaper)
Mar 13th
Running In Shoes Stresses Hips, Knees And Ankles... →
Get yourself some Vibrams.
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February 2010
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MPs' damning verdict: Homeopathy is useless and... →
When asked for a comment, James Randi responded “Duh.”
Feb 24th
“The repair of the Eudora Welty House foundation is in progress, according to...”
– Mississippi History Newsletter, September 2004
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Last year I demonstrated a kwan dao form at the Academy of Kung Fu during a graduation ceremony.  My instructor, Sifu Trey Crake, and another of his senior students, Katie Kern, are in the background.
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Alex Payne — Switching Season →
Alex touches on a lot of things that I agree with completely, including how using multiple computers is a bag of hurt, how Apple’s hardware and software is the best user experience available, and how sometimes you just want to hack on some stuff and that desire, if not managed, will hurt your face.
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