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occasionally fully formed thoughts by bernie mcginn

File: February 2008

2008-02-27 :: Bernie // stella
From the moment I met you

From the moment I met you.
Filled with such wonder.
Six years, seems like yesterday.
Happy Birthday Stella.

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Six Principles for Making New Things
“a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.”

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Reading the paper, I saw another one of those, “solutions not speeches” quotes from Hillary. Here’s a nice little breakdown on who’s campaigns are providing more substance:
“Obama is all talk” is all talk.

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Do you have “Email Apnea*”? I think I might.
Or maybe I just have work apnea.
*Email apnea – a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing email (Linda Stone, February 2008).

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2008-02-11 :: Bernie // asides
cross your heart and hope to die?

Really? Promise? Really?

Hillary Vows No New Bill Scandals:
Clinton, speaking on WJLA Channel 7 in Washington and Politico.com, also promised there would be no new scandals involving her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

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2008-02-11 :: Bernie // asides
very sticky

I’d ditch the damn thing if it weren’t so easy to communicate to my non-rss enabled friends:
How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free

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The opening for There is Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids, a skate zine/art show at Needles and Pens was last night. I was honored to be asked by show curator Rich Jacobs to participate. I gave Rich a box of zines and a box of photographs, and he put [...]

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2008-02-08 :: Bernie // cata-wha?
Big Trouble in Little Chinatown

Big Trouble in Little Chinatown

Originally uploaded by berniemcginn

Late night fireworks anarchy in the streets of Chinatown.
From the Event description on Upcoming:
“Eye and ear protection is a must. A nonflammable hat and a leather coat with the collar sealed at the neck is recommended.”
I knew I [...]

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2008-02-01 :: Bernie // random
Frozen Grand Central

Improv Everywhere is at it again : Frozen Grand Central.

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