Archive for the 'Umberto Eco' tag

Technology | 84 hours of MySQL (My Server Quietly Languished) hell

January 30th, 2008 by John Turnbull

Rarely do we comment on the technical aspects of...
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Umberto Eco, deconstructor of football

December 16th, 2007 by John Turnbull

Umberto Eco, 75, hung over from jet lag and...
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We brake for commercials | Soccer spectacle fits seamlessly in America’s land of make-believe

May 27th, 2007 by John Turnbull

In a 2001 title, cultural critic Peter Pericles...
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Posted in Language, Media, USA | 5 comments