Ramblings & ephemera
From Steve Marsh’s “Homage to Mister Berryman” (Mpls St Paul Magazine: September 2008):
Berryman’s last words to Kate came on that January morning—he told her he was going to campus to clean his office. He had never said that before, she says, but Kate, who was attending Al-Anon meetings at the time, was trying “not to [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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From Aaron Margosis’ “Why you shouldn’t run as admin…” (17 June 2004):
But if you’re running as admin [on Windows], an exploit can:
install kernel-mode rootkits and/or keyloggers (which can be close to impossible to detect)
install and start services
install ActiveX controls, including IE and shell add-ins (common with spyware and adware)
access data belonging to other users
cause code [...]
Posted on September 26th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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I bought a mug that has no handles on it at all. I noticed that the accompanying slip of paper said, “Most Copco travel mugs are intended for right or left hand use.” Well, yes, if there are no handles, that would make sense. It goes on, “If your mug is handled, the lid is [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2007 by Scott Granneman
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From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (I: 5):
TALBOT:
My thoughts are whirled like a potter’s wheel;
I know not where I am, nor what I do;
A witch, by fear, not force, like Hannibal,
Drives back our troops and conquers as she lists:
So bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench
Are from their hives and houses driven away.
They [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
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“When nature calls, I answer on the first ring.”
— Scott Granneman
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Posted on September 23rd, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From Paul Graham’s “Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas” (April 2005):
This summer, as an experiment, some friends and I are giving seed funding to a bunch of new startups. It’s an experiment because we’re prepared to fund younger founders than most investors would. That’s why we’re doing it during the summer– so even college students [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From The New York Times‘ “Form Follows Function. Now Go Out and Cut the Grass.“:
Failure, [Henry] Petroski shows, works. Or rather, engineers only learn from things that fail: bridges that collapse, software that crashes, spacecraft that explode. Everything that is designed fails, and everything that fails leads to better design. Next time at least that [...]
Posted on May 16th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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This is a test of the new, reborn, more self-centered GranneBlog!
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Posted on May 14th, 2005 by admin
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