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Writing

Article at Onlamp.com

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I wrote a little quip for O’Reilly Network’s ONLamp.com titled Today’s Unix: New all over again. The article is related to the release of my newest effort for O’Reilly, Unix Power Tools, 3rd edition.

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RDF

The White Shoes of Technology

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This week, the RDF Working Group released drafts of six working documents for the RDF specification. Six. That’s a whole lot of work. However, rather than getting a pat on the back with a quiet “Well done.”, the group has seen their effort catechized mercilessly. Joe Gregorio chronicles Tim Bray’s half-hearted attempt to […]

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People

Random acts of meanness

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Shannon writes, people are mean in response to a particularly nasty posting and related comments. She’s right: people can be mean, practicing random acts of meanness. Sometimes, the acts are deliberate — nasty little cuts inflicted from the safety and distance that this disconnected environment provides. Mostly, though, the acts aren’t deliberate as […]

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Photography Weather Weblogging

End of the season

The states bordering Missouri have been blasted by some unusual weather including an outbreak of tornados. It was interesting watching the storms fold around St. Louis, leaving us virtually untouched. This city really is located in a sweet spot, escaping most of the weather outbreaks, at least for now. The only impact on us was […]