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Website Update

January 30, 2009 @ 8:36 am

My website will be down for a while – hopefully not more than a day or two – while I switch hosts from DirectNIC to Dreamhost. After the transfer, I’m looking to move my blog, and maybe my website too, to WordPress, on my own hosted domain. I’d like my blog and website to be [...]

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My dissertation is completed, approved and now online

January 21, 2009 @ 2:01 pm

Well, I finally finished my dissertation and now it’s available online for anyone to read. I actually defended it on December 2nd. My committee approved it under the condition that I make some revisions, which is not an unusual occurrence. They mainly wanted me to flesh out and clarify some things in chapters five and [...]

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The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test

October 18, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

My results: Modern, Cool Nerd 52% Nerd, 52% Geek, 13% DorkFor The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.You scored better than half [...]

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Pimp My Firefox: My Firefox Extensions and Setup

September 21, 2008 @ 1:44 pm

I’ve received a couple of requests for a list of the extensions that I use. See below for the list, a brief description of each, and brief commentary on how or why I used them.My monitor isn’t large or wide-screen so screen real estate is very important. I don’t like to have extra toolbars or [...]

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I'm on Twitter

September 14, 2008 @ 11:09 am

Okay. I finally caved in and bit the bullet. Follow me if you’re interested. I’m mainly following some libertarians and sci-fi/fantasy authors, editors and publishers at the moment. I also found Amazonmp3 on Twitter, posting daily specials, which I’ve already taken advantage of: Kiss’s Greatest Hits – not my favorite band by any means but [...]

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A Brief Note on Robbins, Rand, and Atheism

August 14, 2008 @ 11:58 pm

From Gary North’s obituary for John Robbins: Robbins first came to the attention of libertarians because of his self-published book, Answer to Ayn Rand (1974). He did not object to her defense of the free market. He objected to her epistemology, which rested on atheism. I can see why he would think that, since for [...]

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Immanent Politics, Participatory Democracy, and the Pursuit of Eudaimonia

May 20, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

This is the paper I presented at ASC, chapter 5 of my dissertation.After much too much procrastination the rough draft is finallyfinished and it’s uploaded to my website. I’m sure it’s in need ofrevision so constructive comments, suggestions and criticisms arewelcome.

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My Library(Thing)

May 12, 2008 @ 7:55 pm

I estimate I’ve got about 1/3 of my library cataloged now. The restis still boxed up due to lack of shelf space. Check it out: http://www.librarything.com/profile/veritasnoctis http://www.librarything.com/catalog/veritasnoctis What remains uncataloged: lots of fiction, RPGs, history, politicalscience, philosophy and miscellaneous. LibraryThing is cool. )

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