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in which I write about stuff

Archives for 2002

it seems really unlikely…

but Tom, if you see this – I am at work today, but the number you gave me doesn’t seem to go to you! call me! update: my bad.

changes

I’m starting to think about some improvements to make to my humble (virtual) abode. this time I’m not going to do the usual rough-shod tearing out and replanting that I’ve done in the past; I’m going to keep the content I’ve got, think about adding more, and do some things to visually improve the place. [...]

misc.

- vampire ecology – smart mobs interview – sarah vowell interview – the disseminary – fontlover – istockphoto

water

I used to tell people that I moved to Washington state in order to take a long shower. and I was only sort of kidding…the great drought of the late 80s and early 90s in southern California fell smack dab in the middle of my adolescence. we didn’t water our lawn for several years, and [...]

trade it on trodo!

- Trodo: today I signed up and already I’m getting a copy of Rebecca Blood’s weblog handbook! I’ve got a couple of old tech books & a solitare game listed, if anybody’s interested. as I told John Rhodes in my email, unfortunately, I’ve moved so many times that I just don’t have a lot of [...]

thinking of the reverend

a number of folks have been commenting on AKMA’s 16th anniversary of becoming a priest. I was raised Catholic, but my paternal grandfather was a Presbyterian minister. (my father converted to Catholicism, as did my grandmother, sometime after my grandparents were divorced and before my parents got married. most of mom’s family has been Catholic [...]

linked to with no comment

OnePotMeal says: Now the furnace folks will come and say, ‘Hello, son. Is your father home?’ No, not really, but long story short, which is my point, that’s what I always expect to happen at times like this: someone will see through my disguise and call me out for the kid I am. um, yeah.

the start of a big long thought, hopefully

I’ve been following this “girlism” thing with much interest, but as I said in an email, I’m too mistrustful of generalizing to jump too quickly into the fray. but this week a couple of tangentially related items collided in my head, and I want to write down the result before it’s lost to the sands [...]

that’s what I’m saying…

- Digital domesday book unlocked: “The Domesday Project highlights the problems of digital preservation.” (also see Why PDF Sucks) – all religions are wacky – amen (so to speak) to that.

using the (mad?) skillz you have

I’ve been thinking about making calendars for loved ones this year…and when I’ve tried it before, one of the most daunting parts is just generating all the months. and since I no longer have the hard drive that had PageMaker, I was looking forward to creating all of this in Word. and we all know [...]