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Reading Carroll’s Higgs book. Really like his particle physics take and QFT explication. Deserved better reviews.

Posted on April 19, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1DqWAGQ.

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Is mutual “Find Friend” part of courtship ritual yet?

Posted on April 19, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1O5lJCg.

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Americans believe in belief. Is that really different though? European austerity, Russia…

Posted on April 18, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1yEv90A.

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“There’s a name for an old predator. Prey”. Thinking of that as elderly aunt writes of gone-silent money manager. 80+ are fodder.

Posted on April 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1CW7Coc.

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Now that comics are rebooted every 3 years, and blog posts get resurfaced and refreshed, can we start doing this for non-fiction books? We have editions of textbooks. Darwin did lots of editions of his books. Why not more editions of popular books….

Posted on April 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1OnNfFO.

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15y ago I consciously outsourced aspects of my memory and cognition to the Google powered web. In retrospect, not best bet. Thinking about next best alternative …

Posted on April 16, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1FXubMt.

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As of today there are no hits on: “sarbanes-oxley” email retention policy “slack.com” Curious few make connection between growth of Slack and declining utility of corporate email.

Posted on April 16, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1FXbTLB.

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8.3 allows kids to download and update any app associated with the account my (shared) App Store account. This is not a feature. (New apps do require pw.

Posted on April 12, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1z97AI0.

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Guy at gym has 3-4K gravel bike. Sweet, but he rarely rides it. Doesn’t know what a gravel bike is. Finance guy. There ought to be a test…

Posted on April 12, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Nvzqdh.

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Since Apple won’t block CNNIC certs, will iOS lose US security clearances?

Posted on April 12, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1D9vGWT.

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going to review of mountain bike pedal, got redirected and Google intercepted – phishing attack ahead. Thank you Chrome.

Posted on April 11, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1HgSKpQ.

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#WTFNYT Interstitial ad on my paid! NYT sub looks like I need to reauthenticate, but it’s really a NYT ad for additional services. — http://bit.ly/1Emvber

Posted on April 11, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1O2ci13.

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A lifetime of paternal monitoring has made my special needs 18yo quite good at covering his tracks. All messages, photos, emails, history … deleted. He is ready to leave the temple.

Posted on April 9, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1NXF82r.

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iOS 8.3 update – I had to ‘retrust’ my computer, do wired connection to restore iTunes sync, and got new carrier settings. I feel good about this update actually.

Posted on April 9, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1y9ZDal.

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Phone phishing: “G+ local biz specialist … Not listed … Press 1” Not precisely lying.

Posted on April 9, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1DoWqnQ.

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NYT aWatch story has “steep learning curve” in headline. Pass the popcorn.

Posted on April 8, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1DlgyqT.

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NYT new “show full article [photos.app.net]” JavaScript button on mobile view is extremely annoying.

Posted on April 8, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1yVzHKu.

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I wonder if Cook will channel Balmer and pressure Apple employees to wear an aWatch whether they want to or not.

Posted on April 7, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1H2lVN1.

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Still liking PhotoCard.app. Send my Dad one postcard a week by mail with a family photo. He has em around his room at the Vets.

Posted on April 6, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1IEd4Q3.

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NYT having internal server error on blogs..,

Posted on April 6, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1JgDdVZ.

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Merrill Lynch has the worst web site in the history of the web. How the heck do they stay in business?

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1HAdZkl.

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Simplenote for Mac supports tag rename. Can merge by change name to existing name. Still can’t alpha sort but tagging in Simplenote marginally less broken overall. #simplenote

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EWOjkh.

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Edited a bunch of #Simplenote tags a while back. Just fired up Simplenote Mac client for first time in months. Added back all old ones. #$$#&%$

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/19ZD2Ci.

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I want a reading-optimized iPad-like display that extends an iPhone. Don’t want yet burden of another OS device. Want it to work with any iPhone in house.

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1J5r9XC.

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@jeremycherfas … Was noodling over problem of female education -> violent disruption patriarchal cultures with underemployed males. What role do adult and older women play in violence?

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1IyiT1p.

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@jws … Cognition Demand/Supply broken -> Academic funding broken -> tenure/promotion broken -> publication / knowledge creation … /@clarkgoble

Posted on April 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1bWm2Ot.

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Why doesn’t zapier.com/blog have a discoverable feed? #zapier #fail

Posted on April 3, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Hui2P7.

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Emily just got phone phishing attack where incoming number was her number. Why use that? Suspect is hard to block one’s own number.

Posted on April 3, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1arVK6c.

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Was thinking is very American to turn old-school agnosticism into a set of conflicting ideologies with heresies and apostasies. // @rabryst

Posted on April 2, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1HmbGRF.

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Simplenote.app got a meaningful update today. No marketing, but at least it’s being maintained.

Posted on April 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1CRVAzI.

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AirStash lost the ability to play FairPlay DRMd Video in iOS 8. The Safari play workaround no longer works. So kind of doorstop now.

Posted on April 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1CQVzMo.

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Bernanke launches blog and #Brookings fails to make feed discoverable.

Posted on March 30, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1MnOp8A.

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@jws I laugh when my employer teaches us how to spot phishing emails. That is, teaches us to click links in well crafted emails.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1I0SjO6.

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IFTTT is down. Image [photos.app.net]

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EbxNMV.

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@56, older than the stars, I still find personal defects obvious to others for decades. Deeply annoying.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1D6zoUk.

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I think American physician are beginning a rebellion against “documentation overhead”. The depth and breadth of this anger will surprise many. Long predicted, but non-linear so we could not know the time.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xFiHgw.

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My son’s high school special education would be far easier if his aides and teachers would accept bribes. This is more profound than it sounds.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1HWlFgy.

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Paying physicians based on patient outcomes is a great way to make physicians despise their patients.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/19Y4Ffw.

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Special needs high school services so screwed up in St Paul MN I’m proposing to pay any student who will share assignment list for #1’s class. Bidding starts $10 for 20 items.

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/19TI9nW.

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Changed todo.app to sort dated tasks by priority first, date second. I like. Inspired by recent Eisenhower matrix post.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EVcgpl.

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My brother fell for a phishing attack. Usual scam — “change password immediately”. Went to fake site, “changed password”. Happily was for our 92yo Dad and my bro used the wrong “old” pw. Civilians are so screwed.

Posted on March 23, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1DP21oL.

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Looks like scam sites have taken over Google search results for manuals. Does anyone at Google work on search any more?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1C4B258.

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Dr Who gone from Amazon Prime. Feels less valuable these days…

Posted on March 22, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1G0vSKy.

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… Atlantis, 1970, another excerpt. [photos.app.net]Really, priceless.

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1OiRwgp.

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Preface, Atlantis, English translation from Russia, 1970 [photos.app.net] and a random page [photos.app.net]. Found in Dakka book mart 1982. My most prized book.

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EDCah2.

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I could spend 50 years just executing this morning’s ideas. Human life is absurdly short.

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1MYHmhL.

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Any family docs out there? I was struck by how thin Americsn Family Physician is now. 2015 looks like end.

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EDztw1.

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DOS Power Tools [photos.app.net]. 1988. Glory Days of PC Magazine, collection of assembler utilities for BAT programming. Weirdly, sentimental favorite. I’ll keep picture.

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1xaL99u.

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Looking at my copies Whole Earth Magazine 1989-1992. Was a weirder time than we remember. Reminds me I want to build library of pop non-fiction 1970-76.

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1CIzph8.

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Tossing out old and very obsolete med school texts I was struck by how unreadable the fonts are. Typewriter fonts!

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1AWxM9f.

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