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Monthly Archive for December, 2006

Lower Back Pain Relieved

Posted in life on Dec 31st, 2006

I’ve started a second weblog, called some assembly required. I’m not sure how this site will fit into the “mark nichols online experience” yet. One thought is that I’ll save zanshin.net for longer, more introspective bits, and use some assembly required for shorter, chatty pieces.
Or not.
Wordpress.com offers free weblogs, with world-class software and lots of [...]

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111111

Posted in nerdliness, photography on Dec 26th, 2006

111111
In the word of binary numbers, this would be known as “high values” i.e., the largest value this register could hold. Were that the case here, the next number would have been “low values” or all zeroes. Sadly, that event won’t happen for another 888,889 miles.
While I most likely won’t see that happy event, [...]

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My Year In Cities, 2006 Edition

Posted in meme on Dec 24th, 2006

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Heiligabend Menü

Posted in life on Dec 24th, 2006

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Seasons Greetings!

Posted in life on Dec 21st, 2006

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, [...]

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Attention to Detail

Posted in random on Dec 21st, 2006

As a software developer, one who focuses (or can when he chooses) on minutia, I am often acutely aware that most people do not notice details. Which is a shame, as the little things in life are the ones that are worth noticing. Big things in life are just conglomerations of little things.
The lease [...]

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