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This blog is moving!
23 July 09 02:30 PM
All things come to an end, and for this blog, the time for maintaining my own blog engine has come and gone. I based this site on community server, probably because it was a .net based system and had some features that seemed good for the hosting provider Read More...
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97 Things et al
22 March 09 07:03 AM
I had the good fortune to have a couple of my essays, aka axioms, included in the new book from O'Reilly, "97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know" . It has been about a month since this book project hit the bookstores, but the book is one of those Read More...
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Followup on my son's voter issue
23 October 08 03:22 PM
So after the initial rush of indignation and anger I have done quite a bit of research and got the message from my son that no voting official told him that he would get a provisional ballot. He registered at a campus event, and nobody there would have Read More...
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My son is a disenfranchised voter
18 October 08 07:07 PM
Somehow, I thought this could only happen to “other” people, people outside my family and friends, people who's circumstances I don't know well enough to get me as outraged as I am today. My son is 22, has previously voted without problem in our home Read More...
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Getting ready for RAAM
25 May 08 06:08 AM
RAAM is the Race Across America, a bicycle race from Oceanside California to Annapolis Maryland that starts in a couple of weeks. For solo riders it ranks up their with the Tour de France in difficulty. On the scale of crazy things to take on, this has Read More...
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The winter of my content
16 January 08 05:01 AM
I just had to mention that in spite of global warming, intense effort and hours at work, an aging body things aren't all that bad here. This winter we got our first snow in early December and it was weeks before it ever made it above freezing. The skiing Read More...
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Fun with phones and python
30 April 07 07:46 PM
For a diversion from trying to get my head around the value or lack of value of WCF, I took up a project only a geek could love. I wanted to be able to manage my cell phone data from my computer, and it had to be with software that could run in debian Read More...
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Go Charles!
08 April 07 09:21 AM
I haven't seen much from other software people about Charles In Space . A bunch of us met Charles last year at Cortina and I think we all really enjoyed him. I remember him digging into a "discussion" about IOC with the same vigor as everybody else and Read More...
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Open document formats
07 April 07 06:26 AM
There is a bit of press right now about open document formats that have or are currently pushing their status as international standards. Everybody should be interesting in this who may be interested in keeping formatted information around for the long Read More...
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Still alive!
24 March 07 11:17 AM
I'm in the midst of doing some system updates and realized it has been a long time since I posted. I needed to see a post come through so at least I have an good reason to post now! Lots has happened that deserves a little time to write about, but the Read More...
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My turn
13 January 07 07:39 AM
I was tagged some time ago , but since I'm going to see the evil person in person next week in Switzerland, I figured by better buck up and write something. I have to admit, I found the game bothered some sensibility I couldn't quite name (chain mail). Read More...
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Posturing is always in vogue
26 November 06 08:21 AM
Check out this piece of crap that should never have made it past the desk of a responsible editor. So much for the arguments that having an editorial gatekeeper will shield the witless masses from being subjected to unqualified, sanctimonious opinions. Read More...
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Social Networks seem to be neither
23 November 06 09:22 AM
I have spent the last few months trying to get my head around the effects of the new kids in town, the big social networks, the Web 2.0 darlings, the perceived shift of "ownership" of the web from companies to users and how companies relate to all this. Read More...
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Slogging through Web 2.0
09 November 06 03:39 PM
OK, actually I'm slogging through the end of Web 2.0 conference , waiting for the last hour of talks before it all ends. Slogging because one, I'm tired and two, this conference is run like a big TV show. I gave up TV a long time ago. I am sure Read More...
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Response to Rockford Lhotka's SOA rant
11 October 06 10:25 AM
Here is his rant., the SOA Elephant in the room. It's strange to hear myself commenting on SOA at all honestly, but for a variety of reasons, Udi Dahan's blogging not least among them, my mind seems to have turned a corner on SOA. SOA puts a line in the Read More...
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