What I Didn't Know About Jury Duty

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As of this year I’ve had my first experience serving on a jury, in a criminal case in a California court. Years of TV and a few school electives told me what to expect, while still knowing an actual trial probably wouldn’t be like that at all. And…it was and it wasn’t! Hence this post.

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YAML is (not) my preferred configuration format

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An article about…configuration formats. More interesting than it sounds! …to some people.

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Happy Lunar New Year

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新年快樂, chúc mừng năm mới, 새해 복 많이 받으세요! It’s the Year of the Horse, and per tradition I’m posting the nengajō (new year’s card) I made for Japanese New Year, which also follows the twelve-animal cycle but on the schedule of the Gregorian calendar.

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