A short note

eerie | Comments (7)
November 23, 2007 04:53 PM

Once again, I've fallen into the habit of silently haunting Aqoul rather than participating. The last few months have been rather grueling for me on a personal level. However, I have emerged happy and very conscious of the improbably high concentration of blessings in my life. Rather like returning home...[More]

Adriamycin and Friends

eerie | Comments (2)
October 9, 2007 06:45 PM

Came across an interesting AP article today talking about a chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer (among others) and its adverse effect on the heart: Drugs called anthracyclines are a breast chemo staple despite a well-known risk: They weaken some women's hearts. What's new is research suggesting the drugs...[More]

Not Dead

eerie | Comments (12)
September 19, 2007 01:43 PM

Many things going on. Two of my home PCs had hardware failures. Annoyingly, both were Windows boxes and both were used for maintaining Aqoul (one as a backup for the other). So, apologies for the delay in setting up Ibn Kafka's new home, should happen shortly. Otherwise, work continues to...[More]

Blast from the Past

eerie | Comments (7)
August 31, 2007 08:26 PM

In case you didn't know, old versions of Aqoul are archived on the Wayback Machine. Have a look: July 28, 2005; December 27, 2005; March 29, 2006; November 4, 2006. By the way, we hit our two year anniversary in early July. I've just updated the Newsroom per Lounsbury's feedback....[More]

Turkey

eerie | Comments (17)
July 28, 2007 12:46 AM

I'm off to Turkey for two weeks, with intermittent access....[More]

When one has no free time...

eerie - February 26, 2008 08:10 PM | Comments (4)
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...one begins to do strange things like redo an entire livingroom in the space of a few days.

It began with an odd compulsion to throw out almost all my existing furniture one night around 3AM. Not necessarily a bad thing - my friends have long joked about my spartan, Flight Club-esque decorating sense (yes, a lot of Ikea stuff left over from college days). Once the place was emptied out, they began to remark on the echo as a perfect accompaniment to my impoverished fridge (which contains a bottle of ketchup, a box of baking soda and a tub of margarine dating back to the Middle Kingdom).

Eventually, I grew tired of the vampire jokes.

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Whirlwinds

eerie - February 7, 2008 11:13 PM | Comments (2)
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As I mentioned somewhere already, I've been promoted to another sector within my organization. The offer arrived at 9am sharp the day I returned from India and was approved almost immediately by my management (mainly because the request came from on high, and refusing was not really an option). A week later, I was in a new office where security was so tight that forgetting my ID at home meant I couldn't enter the building, a level of paranoia that extended to the computer network and its absurdly strong password rules.

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Delhi

eerie - January 8, 2008 08:39 AM | Comments (6)
Filed Under: Random Notes

No time to write as usual, but am resting in a fabulous hotel in Delhi. Trip has been so-so, low point was puking in the garden at the Taj Mahal. Bloody e. coli. Still queasy even now. More later.

Travel

eerie - December 26, 2007 09:46 AM | Comments (6)
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I'm catching a flight to India shortly, but I'll be bringing a (paper) journal with me to record thoughts along the way. Back in three weeks, happy new year and all that.