http://plambeck.org/ Thane Plambeck en-us 2009-11-23T22:12:22-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2009_11_23.html#002805 This blog has moved, sort of Here's the new location of Thane Plambeck's blog: http://thaneplambeck.blogspot.com If I ever get around to moving all the old pages on this blog over to new blog, I might shut this one down. It's... tplambeck 2009-11-23T22:12:22-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2009_11_23.html#002804 This blog has moved, sort of Here's the new location of Thane Plambeck's blog: http://thaneplambeck.typepad.com If I ever get around to moving all the old pages on this blog over to new blog, I might shut this one down. It's... tplambeck 2009-11-23T22:11:11-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2009_11_23.html#002803 This blog has moved, sort of Here's the new location of Thane Plambeck's blog: http://thaneplambeck.typepad.com If I ever get around to moving all the old pages on this blog over to new blog, I might shut this one down. It's... tplambeck 2009-11-23T22:10:50-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2009_08_24.html#002801 Here's the new location of Thane Plambeck's blog: http://thaneplambeck.typepad.com/. If I ever get around to moving all the old pages on this blog over to new blog, I might shut this one down. It's already been one year, so don't... tplambeck 2009-08-24T15:10:19-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_20.html#002798 I'm experimenting with moving this weblog over to TypePad. The new URL is http://thaneplambeck.typepad.com. These pages will stay up for awhile (maybe even years), but I'll be posting new things over at TypePad, and not here for the immediate future.... tplambeck 2008-09-20T10:11:37-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_17.html#002797 Prefix Prix Fixe Originally uploaded by thane Jin Sho lunch menu, Palo Alto... tplambeck 2008-09-17T22:04:31-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_13.html#002796 To the student—Study, and describe the pattern. 1) (2008) McCain vs Obama. I prefer Obama. 2) (2004) Bush vs Kerry. I preferred Kerry. 3) (2000) Bush vs Gore. I preferred Gore. 4) (1996) Clinton vs Dole. I preferred Nader. 5)... tplambeck 2008-09-13T23:29:56-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_13.html#002795 1) I'm flying into Chicago Sunday (ie tomorrow) night. This morning, it looked like Ike was on his way there too, but I just checked again and it looks like we might not cross paths after all: How much blowing... tplambeck 2008-09-13T22:39:44-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_11.html#002794 Stewart Brand, Neal Stephenson, Danny Hillis Originally uploaded by thane Bruce (a charter member of the Long Now Foundation) flew down from Seattle and we went to an event in San Francisco featuring the "launch" (is that what is... tplambeck 2008-09-11T19:35:13-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_06.html#002793 I didn't have a pen for the Saturday NYT crossword and it's a good thing. I don't think I would have gotten through it with a pen. Things started favorably with YOSEMITE for 14 Down, Half Dome's home. Cole... tplambeck 2008-09-06T14:46:44-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_05.html#002792 46 down: Pale Yellow (5). With crossings _A _ _ E, I wrote in TAUPE, without really knowing what color that is. [OK—what color is it? I Google—it's a "brownish gray."] The answer was MAIZE. 47 across: Weak excuse for... tplambeck 2008-09-05T22:23:53-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_05.html#002791 1) Didn't feel this at all. 2) Going to mail a letter, I almost stepped on a raccoon as it emerged from this gutter. GLORIA: Did you drop the letter in the gutter? THANE: No. 3) I've proposed that Sarah... tplambeck 2008-09-05T21:16:12-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_04.html#002790 From Jonathan K. Nelson & Richard J. Zeckhauser's The Patron's Payoff: Conspicuous Commissions in Italian Renaissance Art: [Michael] Spence's classic book, Market Signaling, showed that capable individuals who could not directly demonstrate their skills to an anonymous job market might... tplambeck 2008-09-04T16:14:47-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_03.html#002789 Such a good sock-seizing dog Originally uploaded by thane Pearl loves to nab people's socks.... tplambeck 2008-09-03T20:17:52-08:00 http://plambeck.org/archives/2008_09_03.html#002788 Could we have no more expressions of the form "One heartbeat away from the US Presidency" for the next 3 months? Thank you.... tplambeck 2008-09-03T12:07:06-08:00