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Weather

Nasty Storm

A nasty storm blew into San Fran last night and will continue through the day. Well, nasty for San Francisco that is. I’m in my favorite chair, wrapped in a cozy blanket, looking out the window at the Bay. No small boats today, and only one freightor anchored offshore in my area. I watched a […]

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Weblogging

Merry Christmas, Sharon

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Sharon, an artist, single mom, and baker of biscotti as well as the author of Absolute (a terrific weblog BTW, go read it) has been having a tough time this month. I had repeated a short essay I wrote earlier in the year, to cheer Sharon up. However, later in the day, after reviewing […]

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Specs

WaSP Sucks

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Updated: 12/19/01 The really great thing about weblogging is you can set your own rules. When I wrote an article for O’Reilly about The Tyranny of Standards I had to accept the comments of the readers without being able to comment in return — O’Reilly would really prefer its authors to NOT get […]

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Internet

First Usenet Postings

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I moved today’s original posting to my web site OpEd page — it’s too large for a weblog. I’ll post it later this weekend when I have time to finish it. In the meantime, I’m still responding to the folks who volunteered for the RDF book tech editing process. Too many good […]

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Technology Writing

Practical RDF Tech Reviews

I sent a request for technical reviewers of my book “Practical RDF” to the Semantic Web, RDF Interest, and Jena Interest groups . My hope is that I’ll get volunteers that reflect the book’s targeted audience, and so far I’m getting a terrific response from an incredibly interesting mix of people. In fact, I’m extremely […]