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The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

I'm pretty extreme in my views on pacifism. I believe that violence is unacceptable in any situation, no exceptions. I've had conversations with people over the years about this, but I feel like I should write down my thoughts in a somewhat coherent blog post. Most people don't like violence. It's …

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Water water water loo loo loo

I've been away from the UW campus for almost 10 months now, and though I've had lots of new experiences working and studying in other cities, I'm really glad to be going back home soon. Yes, home. I think of K-W as my home more so than my parents' houses. My dad moved to a new apartment while I was …

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Whatever happened to Newfie jokes?

I can remember specific events in my life that have triggered societal change. Whether on a global scale or just within my circle of friends, these are events that I look back on and recall exactly where I was and what I was thinking at the time. Y2K. The 9/11 bombings. The day Pokémon stopped …

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3D box effect with CSS

(For the impatient, here's the link to the live demo with source files.) While we wait (and wait... and wait...) for CSS3 to be implemented across all the major browsers, I thought I'd post my method for creating a 3D box effect using plain old CSS2 and less than 300 bytes of images. Of course, the …

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