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Robert Rayford (Robert R): AIDS in St. Louis in the 1960s

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:00:38 +0000

The sad story of Robert Rayford (aka Robert R), the first documented case of HIV/AIDS in the United States, shows that if timing had been a little bit different, the AIDS epidemic could have happened a decade earlier than it

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Training future cassanovas

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:00:35 +0000

Last week, a coworker and I had dinner with three representatives from a potential vendor. One said he was planning to celebrate his one-year anniversary with his girlfriend in Paris and Italy. It was going to be a really good

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Maybe this is how Apple does it

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:03:45 +0000

Sitting in the stands at a baseball game the day after Steve Jobs’ surprise resignation from Apple, of course the subject came up. “I wish I knew how Apple does it,” I said. “I have an idea,” my friend Tom

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I’d actually consider running a screensaver

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:34:41 +0000

Lycos has released a screensaver that combats spam. It just tries to repeatedly download the web content of known spammers in hopes of driving up their bandwidth costs.

I am famously opposed to screen savers, but...

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An irreverent look at April 4 in history

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 02:31:11 +0000

On this day in 1581, Sir Francis Drake finished his journey around the world. For his efforts, Queen Elizabeth received a message from the Spanish government, saying Drake was nothing more than a pirate who ought to be hanged. She didn't take them up on the suggestion.

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