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    20 Things To Do In Austin While Attending ACES

    Things to Do In Austin In May Diverse, fun and infused with culture, Austin is the capital of Texas and home to a prosperous community and a wide variety of culture, from the world class cuisine in the many fine restaurants, the growing population of infamous tech companies, the summer festivals and creative atmosphere, to the magnificent country music in what is also referred to as the Live music capital of the world (although Nashville, Athens, and other cities might have some arguing of that point). Here are some great things to do when you visit Austin:  Austin City Limits I grew up seeing acts including Willie Nelson, Little Feat,…

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    10 Sleep Patterns of a Migratory Nerd

    Here’s the thing, I’m wrong most of the time. I’ve long held fast that I do my best work after midnight. I’ve long felt that caffeine and sugar would keep me going deep into the night when I really hit my stride. I’ve also maintained that nicotine helped me stay focused because it gave me an excuse to get up and walk away from my computer for a little while and made me more social. Walking away from my computer to grab a smoke seemed like the perfect amount of exearcise too. Finally, I figured if I didn’t eat for 48 hours that it was no big deal. That lifestyle…

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    RFC2324

    I discuss a lot of RFCs on this site and I at times will reference having a solution so tricked out that it makes you coffee. My good friend Ehren therefore sent me a link to an RFC to have a web browser manage the coffee pot. I am wholly behind this effort and think that with descriptions like this of method definitions, how could you possibly go wrong: Coffee pots heat water using electronic mechanisms, so there is no fire. Thus, no firewalls are necessary, and firewall control policy is irrelevant. However, POST may be a trademark for coffee, and so the BREW method has been added. The BREW…