BurningbirdI didn’t hear about Chuck Jones dying until I started going out on the weblogs, such as at Flutterby, this morning. If you’re a regular to this weblog then you know I’m a big Looney Tunes fan, especially Marvin the Martian. I have an original Chuck Jones inked cell featuring Marvin and Bugs. When I move, […]
I think that Mike Golby has some real mixed feelings about Australia beating South Africa at Cricket: Good cricket is always a pleasure to watch. Great cricket is a delight and the Aussies continue to deliver in spectacular fashion. Cricket worldwide will have to step up a gear or five if any team is to play on […]
Spent the day getting unpacked from the trip, taking care of two weeks worth of mail and bills, as well as getting caught up with my weblog reading and writing. Also had to take a closer look at my financial situation, which isn’t healthy. I must write very consistently and very heavily the next few […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Julian talks about a rant at the de-centralization mailing list at Yahoo. What he says is right on — specifically: There’s another couple of truisms here that “standards are useless without implementations” and so “There are only de-facto standards”. Everything else is just academic (mutual) mind games. If a standard isn’t implemented […]