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sunday scribblings: hotel stories

Posted on 7/8/2006

this week’s prompt spawned a poem, which I wrote in my paper notebook and edited a bit before copying it here.

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things I learned at SXSW 2006

Posted on 3/20/2006

(or relearned, as the case may be)

my hair doesn’t like Austin, but my knee does
exercise makes me happy
in a fire, the first thing I’d think about is my files
I need downtime, and sufficient sleep
bicycling in a skirt is tricky
gtalk makes a really annoying noise, unless you turn it off
I still sunburn easily
when I’m intellectually engaged, […]

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on depression & sxsw

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In which the author muses on her experience with SXSW, depression, and this very site.

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SXSWi 2006 session summaries

Posted on 3/17/2006

This is a quick summary of all the sessions I attended, with links to my complete and somewhat random notes.
DOM Scripting
An excellent refresher of Keith’s book, with some good in-person examples. Jeremy and his co-presenter, Aaron, worked very well together, bouncing back and forth in a good-natured collaborative style. Very little of the […]

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back home

Posted on 3/16/2006

With my cats, my dear C, and Space: 1999.? I had the day off, and did nothing in particular with it, which was pretty much the plan.? We did ride our bikes downtown & back together, to the bank, the library, Taco del Mar, and B&B.? (I think they had a new […]

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the unbearable horribleness of flight

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or, a no-good very bad day.

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Hi! This is Elaine Nelson's site, which used to be at epersonae.com, and which is sometimes known as emergency weblog.