Archive for February, 2003

Stance

Monday, February 10th, 2003 | 23:29

Sensei Coleman noted after this evening’s class that my stance is atrocious when executing technique. I apparently wind up in the “waiting for a bus” stance, rather than hanmi, … Continue reading »

Floor Plan

Monday, February 10th, 2003 | 13:28

Found this on the Corcoran web site. There was a sale of an apartment somewhere above mine, and the floor plan was published and archived (This was on Corcoran’s … Continue reading »

DIY Real Estate Contracts

Monday, February 10th, 2003 | 11:17

Generic “valid in all 50 state” real estate contracts are available at Staples and other office supply stores. I should check the NoLo guys to see if they have … Continue reading »

Stuff from weekend classes

Monday, February 10th, 2003 | 11:10

A few things to keep in mind after Friday and Sunday classes: 1. Finally, techniques that correspond to the “finger stretch” that we do during warmups: uke does a same-side wrist … Continue reading »

Oracle9i New Features for Oracle8i DBAs

Thursday, February 6th, 2003 | 18:23

An article on Oracle 9i new features. Oracle9i New Features for Oracle8i DBAs I went looking for this because of the whole spfile and init.ora thing.

OpenLDAP/SASL/Kerberos HOWTO

Wednesday, February 5th, 2003 | 23:47

Found this article on grand unification using Keberos and OpenLDAP. This may come in handy later if we move towards SSO-like solutions in the office, using kerberos to take … Continue reading »

Park Slope Restaurants

Wednesday, February 5th, 2003 | 14:29

Here’s a post from nyc.food by Matthew Crosby on a few Park Slope restaurants: From: Matthew Crosby (mcrosby@tinho.net) Subject: Re: park slope restaurants Newsgroups: nyc.food Date: 2003-01-08 07:40:07 PST In article (efd191a.0212301457.a8f2015@posting.google.com), PIN (irene-googlenewsgroups@cheetahmail.com) wrote: >There … Continue reading »

Economics and MMORPG

Tuesday, February 4th, 2003 | 15:12

A Slate article on that paper on EverQuest economics: Fantasy Economics – Why economists are obsessed with online role-playing games. By Robert Shapiro I’ve read it before, but it’s nice to … Continue reading »

The Shuttle Columbia

Monday, February 3rd, 2003 | 11:38

There was a sort of Gen-X litmus test, where we’d remember where we were when we heard the news that the Challenger had exploded on take-off. It was our … Continue reading »

The Space Shuttle Must Be Stopped — Feb. 10, 2003

Monday, February 3rd, 2003 | 01:18

Gregg Easterbrook wrote an article for Time magazine:The Space Shuttle Must Be Stopped. The basic argument is that pork barrel politics have kept the shuttle program going, rather than … Continue reading »