Michael Cook’s Place

I’ve been kind of busy lately. I’ve discovered and started playing with Clojure, a Lisp implementation for Java. The best guide I’ve found so far is Clojure – Functional Programming for the JVM. I’ve made three small programs (really two), which you can learn about on my Clojure page.
The other thing I’ve been doing is [...]

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So I bought an iPhone. I bought it on the 15th from AT&T and I was waiting for them to ship it. It took quite a long time and I know a few friends who got one in the days between then and yesterday by just walking into Apple stores at the right time. I [...]

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It’s been a while since I posted. I’ve been busy with work, mostly, and a few other things.
I noticed this week that I’m down to one little shrimp in my biosphere. This means I must rename him, as I have done each time such a loss has occurred.
I am now down to one: Vash The [...]

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My little saga has, for now, come to a close. Below is my second letter to the CEO of AT&T. Here is what happened since part 1.
Since finally getting my service installed last Monday or so, I’ve had to call them up three different times to get them to fix my speed to be what [...]

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I recently have gone through the fun of trying to get a phone line and DSL service setup with AT&T. I must say, they have been inept the entire time. At the end of this post is a copy of the letter I sent the CEO. It is exactly as sent, except for removing some [...]

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