Des origines a la pratique →

Published June 5, 2014  ·  All posts on Jun 5  ·  ,

Yes! This just arrived…

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Sacrifice →

Published June 4, 2014  ·  All posts on Jun 4  ·  ,

If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want will be the sacrifice.

~ unknown

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Bucket list: Chopin →

Published June 4, 2014  ·  All posts on Jun 4

Bucket list: finally got around to picking up Chopin’s complete works. Something here for any coding/sysadmin occasion!

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Conca d’Or Lily →

Published May 31, 2014  ·  All posts on May 31

A little something Tracy grew in one of our sprawling gardens.

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Human morality →

Published May 29, 2014  ·  All posts on May 29  ·  

A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.

~ Winston Churchill

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Finding meaning in the mundane →

Published May 27, 2014  ·  All posts on May 27  ·  ,

Everyone here has done this, of course. But it hasn’t yet been part of you graduates’ actual life routine, day after week after month after year.

But it will be. And many more dreary, annoying, seemingly meaningless routines besides. But that is not the point. The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing is gonna come in.

~ David Foster Wallace

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It occurs to me that I’ve no idea who gave the commencement address at my graduation. After a bit of digging…

Robert W. Galvin, chairman of Motorola, delivered the main address yesterday to the 1,150 graduates at the 125th commencement of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.

Mr. Galvin received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree.

~ from the May 31st NYT archives listing several school’s commencement addresses.

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The mundane →

Published May 27, 2014  ·  All posts on May 27  ·  ,

Everyone here has done this, of course. But it hasn’t yet been part of you graduates’ actual life routine, day after week after month after year.

But it will be. And many more dreary, annoying, seemingly meaningless routines besides. But that is not the point. The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing is gonna come in.

~ David Foster Wallace

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Memorial Day 2014 →

Published May 26, 2014  ·  All posts on May 26

Memorial Day – May 26, 2014

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Flip iPhone is so 2011 →

Published May 25, 2014  ·  All posts on May 25  ·  

Today’s XKCD with the “flip iPhone” reminds me of something from 2011.

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Persistence →

Published May 23, 2014  ·  All posts on May 23  ·  

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

~ Calvin Coolidge

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