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The Missouri geek camp and bar-b-que

The time, 5:15 pm, August 19th. The place, St. Louis, Missouri…. “Good afternoon campers, and welcome to GeekCamp 2005!” Happy Camper One: “Yeah, yeah, hi, hi, where’s the air conditioning?” Happy Camper Two: “It is so hot, my fucking TiBook is melting.” Happy Camper Three: “Hey, don’t stand so close! You’re sweating on my iPod!” […]

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Last call

I’m off tomorrow into the wilds of the Ozarks, into that part of the state new to me. There will, of course, be photos when I return, but maybe code, too, as I like to work on code when I’m in a hotel room — gives me something familiar. Today, though, I went to the […]

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Blazing sunshine

A two day trip to the Ozarks can seem like a week, and I mean that in a good way. Sunday I drove down I44 to 63 and then eventually to a series of back country roads where the only company I had was the ubiquitous white pickups and motorcycle riders. The recent rains have […]