Monthly Archives: August 2005

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Randomness of a different sort

In thinking about software and quality as I was walking home just now, I thought of the phrase “solid oak software”. I figured I’d see if that was a somewhat original phrase, but a Google search turns up a little hornet’s nest of stuff related to a company by that name. Having little interest in the web filtering market, I probably wouldn’t have noticed this company otherwise. But now I’m pissed that my funny little phrase is all used up…

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The joy of randomness

If you’d told me that browsing del.icio.us daily would be a useful addition to my browsing habits, I’d probably have argued that it’d all be random fluff. But darnit if I don’t find several useful or fun links every day in just a quick scan. Huh.