Monthly Archives: October 2011

Kindle for Mac app gets even better

Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Recently,  I blogged that the Kindle for Mac application (app) is the best way to read a book in the context of research (for example, if  you’re a student or author doing research). Today, Amazon updated the software with more features … Continue reading →

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Let them occupy

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011 by Rex Hammock

[Note: It goes without saying, the following post is a personal opinion -- like everything else on this blog.] While I’ve made fun of some of the political theater and in-articulate nature of the people I call occupyists, let me … Continue reading →

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The book that launched a thousand spoilers

Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 by Rex Hammock

Sometime during the next few hours, readers will be able to start downloading the biography, Steve Jobs, by Walter Issacson, the most anticipated new book since, well, whatever the name of the last Harry Potter book was. While I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Saturday-afternoon project: Server-rack standup desk

Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 by Rex Hammock

I’ve been wanting a stand-up desk at work and have been keeping my eye out for a drafting table like one I have at home — a beautiful old  piece I found, and my incredibly talented wood-working and artist father-in-law … Continue reading →

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Flying cars and next year

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 by Rex Hammock

About 10 percent of the 12 readers of this blog read it because they keep thinking I’ll one day start blogging again about flying cars the way I did as a one-year experiment in 2008. One of the reasons I … Continue reading →

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