…from the body snatchers: Lead Body Snatcher Pleads Guilty Philly’s always been a tough place to live; now it’s not even safe to die there!
Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Chris
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This is a pretty cool idea. From the site: I tied a disposable camera to a bench with a sign that read: Good afternoon, I attached this camera to the bench so you could take pictures. Seriously. So have fun. I’ll be back later this evening to pick it up. Love, Jay / The Plug [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2008 by Chris
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The first North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest, was held in Bethlehem, PA in 1999. I dragged Charlie to it, mostly because Spock’s Beard was playing. (Who knew at the time that that show would be my only opportunity to see Neal front the band?) There were lots of things wrong with that first [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Chris
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Ken Downs has written a great short introduction to Javascript, intended for those who are already proficient at “real” programming languages, or for those who tried to swim the Javascript waters and found themselves sinking fast. I imagine this essay will clear up a lot of confusion for a lot of people. Check it out: [...]
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Chris
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My mother has a Ph. D. in Sociology, and was a professor for 25 years or so before turning to the dark side and becoming an administrator. (Good news: a teaching line opened up again for the fall, and Mom’s coming back to the Good Guys in a couple of weeks.) But Mom didn’t forget [...]
Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Chris
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My colleague Greg and I are driving down to Washington tomorrow to watch the Nationals host the Mets for three games. We’ve been looking forward to this since the 2008 schedule came out. So, of course my cell phone chose today to die. My Palm Treo 755p wasn’t even that old. After my second Treo [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Chris
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