Month: October 2006
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Book: Bag Men
I thoroughly enjoyed Bag Men, by Mark Costello. I finished this novel a few weeks ago, after picking it up this summer from a family bookshelf. I’m not sure whom I have to thank for putting it on that shelf, but I’m grateful. At its core, the story is framed by a murder investigation, but…
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PhishTank’s first week
On Monday, OpenDNS launched PhishTank, a community anti-phishing site with a free, open API for getting the data everywhere it might help. The response was gratifying. Skim the 51 mentions (and counting) so far. Thanks to the still-impressive distribution of the Associated Press, a single article made it to many, many more outlets than I…
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One (more) reason to live in a city
While out a few weeks ago, we noticed a restaurant in the neighborhood we had never seen before. Last night, we ate at Abacus, a small “California Chinese cuisine” place. Probably seats just over 30 when full, but with kids you eat early, so no problems getting a table even on Saturday night. Not a…