Category Archives: General

Strategic Marketing

Lately when I look at my account history for my Citibank card, there are inline ads that appear below some entries. If you like gas at Chevron, you’ll LOVE gas at Texaco. Yes, this is pretty annoying. They’re still trying … Continue reading

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Detecting Hackers

This morning I was daydreaming about the time my server got hacked into a couple years ago. I didn’t notice for a few days, and luckily it was a spammer who wasn’t a genius and left a lot of junk … Continue reading

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Learning Russian

I have been studying the Russian language since the spring of 2004. I was planning to travel to Kazakhstan in August and wanted to prepare for the trip, so I took two classes at The Boston Language Institute. I had … Continue reading

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The 2005 Interesting Person’s Film List

Step 1) Clearly identify your two favorite films of all time. Step 2) Write about why you really like each film. Step 3) If there is overlap between your list and another’s, let the negotiations begin, which may rely on… … Continue reading

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Legal Sea Foods

My favorite restaurant on the planet thus far is Legal Sea Foods, or as we know it affectionately, Legal’s. There’s one right by the Kendall Square T stop adjacent to the MIT campus, and some 20-30 more along the East … Continue reading

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Welcome to Mitwhiz Technobabble

This is a weblog for the mitwhiz.com site, imagined home of unique, technically clever content. Well, that was the dream. The reality is more like a few one-day partial implementations of some ideas, and an ever-increasing deficit of attention preventing … Continue reading

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