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Author Archives: Stephen Tolton

I work as a software developer at Drexel University. My passions include technology, philosophy, and politics. I’m always trying to find a way to mix the three. This blog is one such attempt.

Opening Night Panel

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Balcony View

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In Ohio

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On our way

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Links for 2008-01-08 [del.icio.us]

Pretty Emacs ReloadedA nice Emacs package for Ubuntu that provides support for antialiased fonts.(tags: emacs ubuntu font weblog )

Obama is Wrong

I have friends who love Obama. Heck, I like the guy. He certainly gives eloquent speeches, but as this fantastic essay points out, his stump speech strategy is exactly the opposite of what we need in this country.

Airport “Security” Inanity Dissected at NYTimes.com

Patrick Smith, of Salon’s Ask the Pilot fame, has posted an eloquent essay on the New York Times Jet Lagged blog about the inanity of airport “security”. It sounds like he has been reading Bruce Schneier. Refuse to be Terrorized!

iTunes U. Authentication Gotchas

While working on an implemention of the iTunes U. authentication algorithm in C#, I came upon a few major gotchas that I thought would be useful to share. I ported the Java implementation that is a part of the example code(zip) package downloadable from the iTunes U. support site.

ASP.NET and Its Discontents

I like C#. While I prefer languages like Perl and Python, I have to admit that C# is pretty cool. And, with Mono, I could even write nice, happy, FLOSS apps in it, if I like. But, I hate ASP.NET. I am forced to use this abominable framework at work and today I was once [...]

Links for 2007-12-12 [del.icio.us]

Skype Journal: 5 Things for Bloggers to Do Before DyingSome reasonable advice about arranging for care taking of your digital assets after death.(tags: blog will death weblog )