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Reading S. Jobs Biography

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Kenny
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I’m just starting it. And it occurs to me while the author establishes the beginning of famed character and a famed time in technology:

maybe the virtue of all this access that technology provides is that we can build our own particular lives…

-more of this later

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hegemony

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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leadership or dominance, esp. by one country or social group over others

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pertinacious

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action

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fratricidal

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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relating to or denoting conflict within a single family or organization

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sangfroid

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances.

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pusillanimous

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.

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prodigal

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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1.spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant:

2.having or giving something on a lavish scale:

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itinerant

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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traveling from place to placeOr as a noun:a person who travels from place to place.

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hobgoblins

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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(in mythology and fairy tales) a mischievous imp or sprite.

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pooh bah

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Kenny
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a person having much influence or holding many offices at the same time, esp. one perceived as pompously self-important.

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