July 2008 archive


    
28 July 2008

Is this Poison Ivy?

We went camping about a month ago and I was blessed by the loving touch of Toxicondendron radicans; the dreaded poison ivy. It took about two weeks for the rash on my legs to run its course, during which time I told myself it was preferable over two other Minnesota attractions: Lyme disease or [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 28 July 2008 at 4:44 am
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26 July 2008

Free Software and 'Politics,' a Comment by Rufus Polson

A couple of Augusts ago, back in 2006, Keir Thomas wrote an article about switching his office computer from GNU/Linux to Windows and then a follow-up article about the resulting criticism after the post made the front page of Digg and LinuxToday.
(What is it with web sites that don't publish the year as part of [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 26 July 2008 at 7:42 pm
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3 July 2008

Washington and Milk Street

More Boston. Tasty looking fruits and vegetables; a splash of color on a street corner in March.
2816 x 2112
Shot with: 6 mega-pixel Canon SD600
Shared with: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

by Scott Carpenter on 3 July 2008 at 11:15 am
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