Monthly Archives: May 2008

Be it resolved that this thing probably sucked

27 May 2008 – 1:59 pm

When I learned of this late last week, I thought it would have been something awesome to go to.
Until I saw the pictures.
The deets:
Monday, May 26, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Munk Debates
Be it Resolved that the world is a SAFER place with a REPUBLICAN in
the White House
Discussant: Charles Krauthammer
Discussant: Niall Ferguson
Discussant: Samantha Power
Discussant: Richard Holbrooke
Co-Sponsored [...]

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On Kawara’s Code

19 May 2008 – 2:03 pm

timothycomeau.com/onkawara

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Reveal hidden files

15 May 2008 – 7:51 pm

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder

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The Contempoary

10 May 2008 – 10:39 am

I just found this laying around the hard-drive. It’s something I wrote at the beginning of February, meant as a reply posting on a web-forum before I abandoned it as too long and potentially off-topic. I also read it now and think it dates me as a 30-something pre-Millennial with 20th Century memories. I’m not [...]

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Melodies of Memory

3 May 2008 – 3:36 pm

I sat at the table waiting for my order to be ready. It came on the radio again, the second time I’d heard it that day. An earlier radio speaker, in the morning rain.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Hearing it this second time, I flashed forward fifteen years. One day in the early 2020s, [...]

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