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Archive for April 2008

Executive Order 9066

In Aldous on 24 April 2008 with no comments

On Three Pillars
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law Executive Order 9066, which established a systematic disenfranchisement of American residents (and in the vast majority of cases, American citizens) of Japanese descent. The effort was labeled an “evacuation,” wherein some 125,000 persons were removed from their homes, from their businesses, from [...]

On Ted, Assholes, and God

In Aether, Aldous, Venom on 24 April 2008 with 1 comment

On the virtues of being an asshole, crazy people, bowel movements, and divinity.

New Beginnings

In Aldous, Muse, Technology on 18 April 2008 with 3 comments

Hi there. This is coming to you straight from the first new computer I’ve ever owned solely for my use, and not as a family unit. Please heartily welcome a new ThinkPad R61i to the fray. It’s not the powerhouse of Lenovo’s line, but (a) it easily squashes anything I’ve been able [...]