Monthly Archives: December 2004

Dear Paul Thurrott…

Posted on December 8, 2004 by Russell

Could you explain just what you mean in your article Apple Macintosh Installed Base Set To Grow Again? 1) You show Forbes quoting Goldman Sachs as saying in 2005 Apple will see “unit growth of 10% compared to our industry … Continue reading →

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The Tres Amigos of Iraq

Posted on December 3, 2004 by Russell

Al Kamen in the Washington Post (scroll down): President Bush announced yesterday he’ll be awarding the presidential Medal of Freedom to the Tres Amigos of Iraq: former CIA chief George J. “Slam Dunk” Tenet, who gave him bad information; retired … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric links fixed

Posted on December 2, 2004 by Russell

To the fraction of a person who cares: the one page on the Internet that links to my pre-MT blog is now correctly redirected to the equivalent items in the MT blog. (Originally, I used a Redirect directive instead of … Continue reading →

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Ketchup: the "Esperanto of cuisine"

Posted on December 1, 2004 by Russell

I’m not sure exactly where I came across the reference to this article about ketchup — apparently it hit the blogosphere a while back — but like many others I found it quite fascinating. The author, Malcolm Gladwell, writes periodically … Continue reading →

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