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On This Day...

• 2012: Weekly review: Week ending September 14, 2012 — Travel always involves a whirlwind of activity, so I don’t have much time to sit and reflect. It’s important to [...]
• 2011: Weekly review: Week ending September 16, 2011 — This week felt slower than normal. Looking back, though, I can see that it was pretty packed. My sense of [...]
• 2010: Getting past generation-based conversations — I’ve talked about generations in the workplace, from myths to organizational shapes to moving forward. I’m with Luis Suarez on [...]
• 2007: I’m going to write a book! — My book proposal has been approved. I’m going to write an Emacs book! I plan to work on it during evenings [...]
• 2006: New York, New York! — Okay. The New York thing is going to happen. Awesome! Travel. I found bus tickets for $100. Sure, I have to leave [...]
• 2006: Learning more about keeping in touch — I picked up a package from the front desk today. My mom had sent me a box of Crane stationery, perhaps [...]
• 2006: WOW! — Kevin Aires of IBM just called me up to tell me to check my e-mail. I just might make it [...]
• 2006: Developing a personal style — Today’s laundry gave me an insight into what kinds of clothes I love and would like be part of my personal [...]
• 2006: Always write to your favorite authors — Little things can make someone smile. I wrote to the author of my new favorite statistics textbook, “Discovering Statistics with [...]
• 2006: E-mail interview oddness — I received an e-mail interview from a Philippine-based popular IT magazine, and something about the interview made me think about how e-mail [...]
• 2005: Pinoy Teachers Network — Pinoy Teachers Network totally rocks. We are professional Filipino educators. We are going to inspire, be proactive, give hope, and [...]
• 2005: Awww, how sweet! — Webcomic: How Dave and Raina Got Engaged
• 2005: Walked for 5 hours today — I guess that satisfies my exercise quota. ;) I wanted to get started in screen printing and decorating. I _could_ hand it [...]
• 2005: Great job ad — IKEA: We’re Hiring Why Sayers. Just for that, Ikea gets karma points. Read the blog post and see if your job [...]
• 2005: Technology transforming education — Check out this ubercool educational technology post on Students Producing Content for Real Audiences. Hats off to teachers who can [...]
• 2005: Programming languages: Quantity? Quality? I think we’re asking the wrong question. — More from Francis Ocoma: Should I try to master every popular programming language that I come across, or should I just [...]
• 2002: (Wed Sep 18:19 2002, 2002.09.18) — Today I will finish my CS178 module so that it is out of the way. I will also reborrow the graded [...]
• 2002: (Wed Sep 18:03 2002, existentialism) — Existentialism is a humanism