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A few thoughts from John Fleck, a writer of journalism and other things, living in New Mexico

The Weekend of the Brick

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Congress shall make no law … abriding the freedom of speech

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Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere

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A Smart Mob of Suburban Parents

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McCance

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A History Lesson

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Books

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On Lisp

The issue of Lisp is, I think, an empirical one. Back when GNOME made the move away from Sawfish for Metacity, at about the same time Sun came aboard, one of the wingnuts on Slashdot made a pejorative comment about the Sun programmers, questioning their abilities if they couldn’t handle the Lisp required to maintain [...]

Week From Hell Ends

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In Which I Contribute to Free Software

So in honor of Luis’ birthday, yesterday I closed a bug. And we’re not talking about something cheap and easy, like using the dupfinder to zap one away. No, this bug required me to actually apply a patch. (OK, it was a patch submitted by a user, but still….) Happy birthday, Luis. update 2/29: In [...]

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