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Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 10:27 AM by LarryOsterman | 0 Comments

OMFG we've got a zamboni!

I've been on vacation until a couple of days ago (that's why no posts), and I'm still swamped with Vista RC1 issues. But I've got to blog about this one... I'm working late (I did say I was swamped) and they're cleaning the carpets in my building. The Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:06 PM by LarryOsterman | 5 Comments
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Replacing operations with developers

I'm swamped right now (the perils of live-blogging), but instead of finishing up the half written post I have at the top of the queue, I wanted to point to two posts from Dare Obasanjo entitled " Replacing Operations with Developers " and " Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:42 PM by LarryOsterman | 7 Comments

Collectionz

For those of you that know us, you know that everyone in my family is an inveterate reader. One of the more unfortunate consequences of this is that we have a TON of books. The front office in our house, the bonus room over the garage, and Daniel's old Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:00 PM by LarryOsterman | 18 Comments
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Breaking into Apple

Larry's in a curmudgeonly mood today, so... Over the weekend, I noticed this post on Digg: " How I learned to break into Apple and Code for them without Permission ". It's an "interesting" story, and I have to say that I was aghast when I read it. And Read More...
Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 10:57 AM by LarryOsterman | 24 Comments

Seen on the TV in "Larry's Lounge"

Just outside my office is a little "lounge" area - it's a sitting area with a couch and a couple of comfy chairs that's used for meetings. It's sort-of become known as "Larry's Lounge" or "The Larry Lounge". In the "Larry Lounge", there's a 42" flat screen Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:36 PM by LarryOsterman | 34 Comments

So where DOES the mass of a tree come from?

Yesterday , I asked where the mass comes from in a tree. The answer is actually really simple: Carbon. Photosynthesis is the act of converting CO 2 from the air into O 2 and a bit of H 2 O. It turns out that if you ask new Harvard graduates this question, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:50 AM by LarryOsterman | 45 Comments

A Tree Grows... How?

Valorie's currently attending a seminar about teaching science at the middle-school level. Yesterday, her instructor asked the following question: "I have in my hand a Douglass Fir tree seed that masses 1 gram [I'm making this number up, it's not Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:52 AM by LarryOsterman | 95 Comments
 
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