Monthly Archives: February 2009

Why Coding is Hard, Even When It's Easy

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

Keywords: WordPress, Quicktags, Cache, There are days when I totally understand why people are afraid of computers. Today is one of them. I started with a very simple task: add an additional quicktag to the WordPress editor for my own … Continue reading →

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Keeping Track of Things

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

One of the things that High School tried to teach me was note taking skills. It didn’t really take until I got to college and even then I didn’t have a good system until around late sophomore year. I ended … Continue reading →

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NPR: Evil Plagiarists

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

Uh oh. According to Whil Wheaton, NPR has joined the evil ranks of evil evil plagiarists. Bill does not approve. Update: Apparently I should read the comments of WW’s post.

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Ith Toothpick Bridge Gathering

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

This year, I finally managed to go see the Toothpick Bridge Building Event at the Fernbank Science Center (I’ve tried, and missed, for three years; this year, success!). Several of us went, including myself, Jenn, Courtney, David and Alex. Everyone … Continue reading →

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Anathem

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

A few weeks ago I created an homage to Xkcd by evaluating my experience reading Neal Stephenson’s Anathem. Well, I’m done. Overall, I think Neal Stephenson will be remembered as one of the premier scifi authors of this generation. That … Continue reading →

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Hugo-Winning Novels == Blah?

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

I have a theory. My theory is that I don’t like Hugo winning novels. If you’re not familiar with the Hugos, it’s like the Academy Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy. There’s a whole bunch of categories, but the one … Continue reading →

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Questionable Content

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

Last week was stressful. During that time, when I was incapable of doing productive things, I read the entirety of the webcomic “Questionable Content”. I found it to be one of the best soap-opera web comics out there and I … Continue reading →

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Well, Duh!

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam
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Homage

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Bill Ruhsam

I love Xkcd

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