Year: 2006
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The United States is $50 Trillion in Debt
The Financial Report of the United States was released by the US Treasury today. The actual report can be found at the Treasury’s website or the Governmental Accountability Office. The most interesting part of the report was in the conclusion from a section addressing what they call a “Fiscal Imbalance.” From page 156 of the…
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The GPL Is Not About Freedom
*(Written in April 2005, but never published)* At home, I am planning to set up a file server. The only other thing this machine will do is act as a printer server so my wife and I can share the printer without any cable swapping. If I could have gotten a new Mac mini, I…
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Halloween 2006
The kids really enjoyed Halloween this year. It was warm enough to trick-or-treat for quite a while and the older kids got to choose their own costumes. I had to laugh, however, whenever someone said to my 4 year old, “Oh, you’re a spaceman!” He would always correct them with just a touch of exasperation:…
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Kids Say the Funniest Things
I went to school with my 1st grade daughter today to share one of our Christmas traditions with her class. When I asked for volunteers to tell me what their favorite part of Christmas was, one boy raised his hand and said he was excited to ask his dad if he “can get my gun…
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First Post
Well, I guess this is the obligatory first post of a new blogger. This is a personal site and will probably end up covering a lot of diverse topics. Please feel free to contact me or comment on what I’ve written. I’ll be changing the design of the site soon and hope to have a…