Tie knot: Knot 5 (Pratt or Shelby).

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Tie knot: Knot 25 (Christiansen).

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Tie knot: Knot 6 (Prince Albert variation).

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A rainy stretch here in Northern California is keeping me off the court while my body repairs itself. But I’ll need to go practise in the wet if I’m ever to get my jump shot back… Tie knot: Knot 44 (Grantchester).

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Tie knot: Knot 31 (Windsor).

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Tie knot: Knot 18 (Plattsburgh).

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I’m a little sore and a bit bruised: I’ve started playing pick-up basketball on the outdoor court here at the Menlo Park campus. I pretty much stopped when we started (a) work on smf(5), and (b) parenting—three years. (Finishing my dissertation also required a break, but not nearly as long as this one.) I feel [...]

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As a California-residing, code-writing Sun engineer, I don’t have a lot of sartorial restrictions beyond the standard requirements for coverage. It’s been a bit of a shock, therefore, to co-workers and long time customers to catch me wearing a necktie. The most common question is “Are you interviewing?” Which, given that whole writing-code-in-California bit, isn’t [...]

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Tie knot: Knot 3 (Kelvin).

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Tie knot: Knot 4 (Nicky).

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