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The Concrete Bloc: August 2005
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005. How to be a Philosopher. Brook Sadler shows us some of the secrets of the trade of philosophy. Respond to an article or book that you have not read. Be relentless. The "be relentless" advice could apply to many fields, including distributed system project management. Posted by brentcu @ 10:13 PM. What I read on the bus yesterday. I'm currently reading Tibor Fischer's first novel, Under the Frog. Posted by brentcu @ 7:29 AM. Tuesday, August 30, 2005. And the NYT review. David D...
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The Concrete Bloc: September 2005
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005. Lovely photos of the moons of Saturn. Taken from the spacecraft. Which I thought was an Italian furniture manufacturer). Fun things you find on Der Spiegel. Posted by brentcu @ 6:09 PM. Monday, September 26, 2005. Neal Pollack Apologises for Over-reacting to Rita. If anyone is stalled on I-35 somewhere between MLK Blvd and 51st Street, we have a lot of water here that we hoarded in a panic a few days ago. Posted by brentcu @ 11:39 PM. My Nightmare is Reborn. From the Ludwig v...
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The Concrete Bloc: January 2006
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Monday, January 30, 2006. Market forces in action. My hometown rag has an article explaining how half of the car spots with parking meters. Get filled with cars with disabled parking stickers. When the benefits from the stickers are so high (free parking all day in a metered spot downtown) no wonder people are tempted to misuse them. Posted by brentcu @ 9:47 AM. Wednesday, January 18, 2006. Duck Confit is great kid food. The NYT has an article on cooking for kids. Posted by brentcu @ 8:24 AM. It is just ...
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The Concrete Bloc: December 2005
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Monday, December 05, 2005. Totally Awful Videos from the 80s. Totally. As musical accompaniment while working at home we played a DVD of 80s videos. Now we both have musical iron stomachs and can put up with some awful music, like Starship's 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' and Culture Club's 'Karma Chameleon'. However three videos were simply too much to take and got skipped within the first minute. This terrible trio are worthy of mention:. Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend). This is a g...
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The Concrete Bloc: October 2005
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005. NZ is light on corruption. NZ comes in equal second in a global survey of corruption perceptions. Iceland is the least corrupt. Australia is a little more corrupt than NZ (which doesn't surprise me). Posted by brentcu @ 9:19 PM. Thursday, October 13, 2005. Super-secret MI-6 now has a web site. Http:/ www.mi6.gov.uk. Posted by brentcu @ 8:11 AM. Saturday, October 08, 2005. Wage vs House in NZ. The NZ 'Centre for Housing Research' has published a report on home ownership in NZ.
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The Concrete Bloc: April 2005
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Saturday, April 23, 2005. Welcome to the concrete bloc. I am off to the pub. Posted by brentcu @ 5:13 PM. View my complete profile. Steve and Brent Ride to Subway. Alain de Botton Highlights the Fear of Wasting my . Some Kind of Band Meeting - watching Metallica on . I drive a Minivan. I am Invisible. Dress like a Starving Student. Poorest Table in the House - with Dale Barlow and . My Record for Loud. You are what you do. A Million Little Pieces. Everything: A Book About Manic Street Preachers.
