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Gerry or Gerries : A old person or geriatric. spotted in The New York Times, March 28th, “Geezers, Gerries and Golden Agers” by Geoffrey Numberg. Red Guard generation: China’s equivalent to the West’s baby-boomers. Those born after 1966 (the Cultural Continue reading Found Words : Gerry; Red Guard generation, Spim
As just reported by The Globe and Mail, In a tragic end to the mysterious disappearance of nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang, the little girl’s remains were identified Sunday. Very few details have been reported so far. Cecilia was discovered missing the Continue reading Cecilia Zhang, Missing Girl, found dead. Heaven gains an Angel.
The Globe and Mail has a piece about the man behind Boolean Logic : George Boole : The Isaac Newton of logic It was 150 years ago that George Boole published his classic The Laws of Thought, in which he Continue reading Boolean Logic : George Boole’s The Laws of Thought published 150 years ago.
Popularity Growing For Open-Source Databases and MySQL Gets Ready for Enterprise-Level Database Reliabilityhttp://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/efrp0BzAN20V30CQQA0AR Open-source database software maker MySQL AB plans to unveil nextmonth an enterprise-level capability that automatically shiftsworkloads to another database server when one fails. Four-Way Fusion Demands Discussion Continue reading Popularity Growing For Open-Source Databases and…
Via The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century Bring Back Kirk is a fan made nine-minute trailer for a proposed film. Made from CGI and clips from all the Star Trek Series. It’s a Hoot. Holy Prime Directive, Continue reading Bring Back Kirk
An excerpt of Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town By Cory Doctorow, an urban fantasy about wireless networking, dumpster diving, and screwed up families, set in Toronto’s Kensington Market. Cory just finished it. I’ll ask him on firday when Continue reading Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town