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  1. “… which is to say brightened up their faces, showed fire in their square or round or curiously slanted eyes. Flame guttered in their toothed mouths. Sparks leaped out their ripe-cut ears. Halloween.”
  2. Notes on an overheard conversation about an upcoming holiday, part II
  3. Notes from an overheard conversation about an upcoming holiday
  4. Can the Robot Exclusion Protocol apply to Gopher URLs?
  5. Guess what? Yet another email to a Sean Conner that isn't me
  6. Notes on an overheard conversation in a parking lot
  7. The closet situation has been resolved
  8. I never did ask her why she was eating Trader Joe's Cheezy Poofs in a Publix parking lot
  9. Notes on an overheard conversation at a D&D game
  10. Sunday, September 06, 2026
  11. Is it too early to call Google and Microsoft an email cartel?
  12. I guess this falls into the “hate the game, not the player” territory
  13. There's a more interesting story in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menance” than we ever got to see
  14. Current
  15. Tuesday, September 01, 2026
  16. Monday, August 31, 2026
  17. Notatoy
  18. Gmail might partially be to blame for me receiving emails from other Sean Conners
  19. Thursday, August 20, 2026
  20. Yet more noise on emails from other Sean Conners on the Intarwebs
  21. Did I inadvertently unlock someone else's car doors?
  22. Monday, August 17, 2026
  23. Saturday, August 15, 2026
  24. Tuesday, August 11, 2026
  25. Mowing Da Lawn, part II
  26. What is even taste when it comes to programming?
  27. Unary operators and the Shunting Yard algorithm
  28. Notes on an overheard conversation coming from the Family Room
  29. The surprising email to “Sean Conner” that wasn't meant for me
  30. Alarm clocks
  31. The precedence of the factorial operator
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  1. receiving emails for other Sean Conners
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2020 12

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2019 12

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2018 12

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2017 12

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2016 11

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2015 12

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2014 12

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2013 10

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2012 5

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2011 9

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2010 11

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2009 12

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2008 12

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2007 12

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2006 12

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2005 13

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  9. fobs have a decent range on them
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2000 12

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  5. https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
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1999 2

  1. 04.1
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