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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Infected!
Updated. See below. I don’t know how, but I somehow managed to get the Malware Defense “anti-spyware” program on my system at home. Fortunately for me, it doesn’t do anything malicious like delete files or install botnet sofware. It just … Continue reading
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Odds ‘n Ends
One of the dubious benefits of owning a swimming pool is that I don’t really have to rake the leaves in my back yard. I just have to wait for a good wind storm to blow them into the pool, … Continue reading
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New carvings: Hillbilly, snake, and more dogs
Until recently, all of my carving “instruction” was through books, web sites, and YouTube videos. I guess you could say that I was “self taught” in that I didn’t have the benefit of personal instruction, but I have to give … Continue reading
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Still more on the CRU flap
I guess it was to be expected. It’s nearly impossible to find reasoned discussion of the “Climategate” issue. For example, Curtis Brainard’s Hacked E-mails and “Journalistic Tribalism” in Columbia Journalism Review is a pretty even handed look at the major … Continue reading
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More on Climategate
A few more comments about “Climategate”: The released files in question were not “hacked” from the CRU’s computers. Somebody (still anonymous) who worked there collected that information and posted it on a public bulletin board site where it was picked … Continue reading
Inside Global Warming
You’ve probably heard by now about what the press is calling “Climategate”: the release of internal emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University that reveal some questionable practices on the part of climate researchers. Those … Continue reading
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