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  1. @evangineer Oh, yes. Whole west wall now covered in 40-year plan for world domination.7:18 AM Jul 6th from web in reply to evangineer
  2. I'm back. Did you miss me? (My guess: no.)6:01 AM Jul 5th from txt
  3. offline: http://www.aaronsw.com/webl...1:55 PM Jun 5th from web
  4. this is your last chance to talk to me if you need something this month12:44 PM Jun 5th from web
  5. about to go offline: http://www.aaronsw.com/webl...12:43 PM Jun 5th from web
  6. In the Mission, they keep condoms behind the counter. Five blocks north, where there are fewer Latinos, they're out. http://curecvsnow.org8:24 AM May 27th from web
  7. This is your annual reminder to read _Fortune's Formula_. Math, money, the mob, movies -- what's not to like?8:03 AM May 27th from web
  8. I see why I don't remember any of _Crabgrass Frontier_: it's terribly written. Luckily, a new edition comes out this Friday.2:31 PM May 26th from web
  9. Reading _Seeing Like a State_. Great book -- p. 329 alone is a much better version of _Blink_. Thanks to everyone who recommended it.5:34 PM May 22nd from txt
  10. I keep getting annoyed that Jim Scott uses "utilitarian" to mean "instrumental". Also, whoever keeps adding commas to library books: stop.3:23 PM May 20th from txt
  11. Do people on Wall Street refer to the _Wall Street Journal_ as "the local paper"?5:32 AM May 20th from txt
  12. Posted a brief description of Obama's policy process: http://www.aaronsw.com/webl...11:41 AM May 17th from web
  13. Finished _Outliers_. Definitely Gladwell's best book. Finished _The Hearts of Men_. Brilliant rethinking from Playboy to Phyllis Schafly.11:40 AM May 17th from web
  14. Saw _Star Trek_ (2009). Very good. Like a modern _A New Hope_, with a bigger budget. And time travel.9:22 PM May 9th from txt
  15. Robert Shiller: "Take this whole stress test. It's a snow job, actually. That's what it is. They don't really know!" (Harvard Book Store)1:00 PM May 8th from txt
  16. Robert Shiller: Obama has the Congress, just like FDR did, but he's not being as adventuresome. Larry Summers is too conservative.12:38 PM May 8th from txt
  17. Finished _The Option of Urbanism_. Fantastic introduction to building nice neighborhoods. http://books.theinfo.org/go...11:23 AM May 8th from web
  18. Reading Donald Shoup's _The High Cost of Free Parking_. I was skeptical of a 700-page book, but it's fantastic. Free parking really is evil.11:53 AM May 7th from web
  19. Launched http://sestakvote.boldprogr... this morning; on a panel at the MIT Museum tonight.2:18 PM May 6th from web
  20. Watched Mamet's _Things Change_ (1988). An awful lot like _Being There_ with crime instead of politics.2:51 PM May 5th from web