Category Archives: Jack Handy

Due to my immersion in full-text search, Book Club is going to be delayed until Wednesday. My apologies. In the meantime, why not enjoy a Lore Sjöberg piece: Con Men Lose Their Cool in the E-Mail Era.

Accounting can be a little counterintuitive. It’s important that the accounts sum to zero, but the question of how credits and debits are assigned to a transaction can be a little obscure. For instance, if you’re purchasing a long-term asset, … Continue reading →

Some random thoughts on Twitter.

There are a lot of blogs out there, and most of them die young. That doesn’t mean they’re not entertaining. For instance, here’s a blog that seems to have only gotten a single post, but it’s an interesting one: an … Continue reading →

There’s a great little speech in the (flawed, but not without its charms) movie “Last Man Standing“; the part I’m interested in today goes like this: Two gangs is just one too many. I’m not an idealist. I know a … Continue reading →

According to a flyer stuck in my door, my neighborhood Togo’s sandwich place has a “full bar”. Not a salad bar, a booze bar. Despite what the rather idiosyncratic spelling of the flyer might lead you to believe, this is … Continue reading →

While reading “The Prince” I came across a passage that dramatically reshaped my understanding of the phrase “the end justifies the means”. The passage (from chapter eighteen) goes like this: [I]n the actions of men, and especially of princes, from … Continue reading →

Robot Odyssey is one of those early-to-mid-80’s computer games of which I am unreasonably fond. I’m not bringing it up to gush, however, but actually mention it because it’s a little annoying, albeit for an interesting reason. Most games of … Continue reading →

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