Monthly Archives: September 2006

Rest easy Rose…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 27, 2006

When two goats were offered unto the Lord (and only unto the Lord) on the day of expiation, among the ancient Israelites, we read that one of them was to fall by lot to Azazel. Azazel cannot, without some hardship on the sense, be taken for the name of the scapegoat itself: But it is [...]

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Line rider, a toy

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 27, 2006

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/

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Capacitance

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 26, 2006

EEstor… that’s what I’m talking about. Got my fingers crossed that it goes big and that it goes big fast.

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Well endowed…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 26, 2006

Watching Amanda interview Jarvis my mind wandered to the Harvard endowment. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not wandering off into the misty distance of a techno-elitist, white privilege rap. I follow Amanda with pleasure. Her perigrinations promise not the picaresque vicissitudes of — oh, Tom Jones, nor Sal Paradise, nor even “Half Cocked Jack” Shaftoe [...]

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Conspiracy

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 26, 2006

Bruce continues his examination of Alexander Cockburn’s put-down of the 9/11 contrarians, those who think more was done to pull down the unimaginative architectural shoebox monstrosities at the lower end of Manhattan than simply flying a couple of airliners full of passengers and jet fuel into them. We’ll never have proof because any evidence pro [...]

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The Great American Blogpost

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 25, 2006

Neil Patel offers five hints for making your blog popular through content. The hints are simple: Break news. Post on weekends. Write timeless posts. Teach don’t sell. And, Join in on conversations. Here’s some breaking news! Next weekend I will offer training centered on the following timeless posts: Moby Post Look Homeward Blogger The Grapes [...]

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The God Delusion

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 24, 2006

I’ve read a hundred pages or so of Dawkins’ new book and it just keeps on rocking me with fundamental truth. You can get your copy through this link: The God Delusion Thanks to Norm Jenson at One Good Move for turning me on to it early. If you buy through the above link, you [...]

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Roombah — humbug

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 24, 2006

Stewart Brand writes glowingly of the Roomba at Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools blog. (Thanks to Dave Winer for the pointer.) I was awarded a Roomba for my half baked idea regarding robotic pet exercise devices last year at the Accelerating Change gathering. When I tried it at my house it didn’t work. Things that choked [...]

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