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Steven M Scotten

Maybe Not Returning to DSL

I received a letter in the mail a couple of weeks ago from AT&T, who has provided my cellphone service for at least six years now with very little trouble. Of course, It’s really three different companies: I was on AT&T before AT&T

Getter, Setter, Worse or Better?

Forgive the technical diversion, but this is a little unsettling. I’ve been stubbornly clinging to the idea that I can get away with using integrated getter/setter methods in my code. I thought it was an elegant solution to the clumsiness of making separate methods for getting and setting

WeRecoverData.com Followup

Yesterday I was surprised to see an email from a gentleman at WeRecoverData.com asking to speak with me about the experience I had earlier this year when I sent a hard disk for data recovery. I was surprised mostly because in May I listed them along with Acomdata as

Prop 8 Supporters: Smoking Crack, or What?

I’m not totally unsympathetic to the proponents of Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that would rewrite the California State Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. I understand that my position (which amounts to a «why the hell should I care if gay people want to get married» attitude) is not

Burning Angel

Burning Angel

When I heard last night that fires were burning on Angel Island, I cursed myself for selling both my 200mm zoom lenses without ordering the replacement 400mm lens. There being nothing more I could do about it at the moment, I made a decision whether to run out with my

Open Studios October 16-19

Actually, Open Studios goes on all month in San Francisco and this year they’ve even deputized the first weekend of November. But my studio will be open during the third weekend of October, the 18th and the 19th. In addition, at Art Explosion this year as with previous years,

Triumphant

It’s been almost a year since my 2002 Triumph Speed Triple was totaled. I miss that bike. The Triple was a fun bike every way you could slice it. It was way more bike than I need, but that’s sort of the point, isn’t it? Believe me,