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there was an interesting post over at slashdot about an anonymous ms employee posting criticisms of his company. the notion of internal company practices becoming increasingly transparent is of extreme value to the workforce i believe. there’s only so much potential employees can learn from interviews and discussions with people already working at a particular [...]

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friday night i checked out worldly iv @ 1015 with katie, eric, youn, jackie, ramesh and his friend petra. got there around 10:30 and we got everyone together by 11 and made our way inside. 1015 has remodeled significantly since the last time i was in there and i have to say it’s pretty nice.
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so for the past couple of weeks i’ve been experiencing periodic dizzy spells while working at the computer. i’m not sure what the cause of it is, but i’m glad it’s only occuring when using a computer. it may have something to do with some sort of motion sickness from various animations on the screen [...]

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nine years ago the world lost one of its greatest modern day poets. rest in peace.
In the Event of My Demise - Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
In the event of my Demise
when my heart can beat no more
I Hope I Die For A Principle
or A Belief that I had Lived 4
I will die Before My Time
Because I [...]

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yesterday I attended the Center for Open Source Investigation’s conference on Adopting and Using Open Source Software. overall it was very worthwhile and i was impressed with the caliber of speakers CMU was able to round up for the first ever conference. somewhere between 50-60 people probably attended so it wasn’t too big. the conference [...]

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