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Technology

Working on Techie Stuff

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. What’s particularly rough about this post is a link to a discussion thread I had with Aaron Swartz. Because of legal issues, Aaron committed suicide ten years later— an incredible loss to us all. I just wish we had told him more how important he was to all of us.  […]

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Just Shelley

Snowfall

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. There’s something magical about seeing the first snow flake falling. At that moment, you and nature are joined in a special secret only shared by those who look out their windows at just the right moment. The first flakes are few, and dance lightly about in the breeze, like the […]

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Critters

Down the path walked three…

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Since techie woman does not live by beating up on techie men, alone, I thought I would get outside, have a nice walk. Powder Valley was my choice of destination today, but in addition to the Ridge trail, I also walked the little 1/3 mile Tanglewood Trail. Since the latter […]

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Technology Weblogging

The story of the RSS feeds and the little CC license that could

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Again the consideration of exactly what it means to put an RSS feed online has reared its head. Specifically, Mitch Wagner found out that his RSS feed — which includes full posting content not excerpts — was re-published online at LiveJournal. He wrote:   That site is my intellectual property. You do […]

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Weblogging Writing

And they lived happily ever after

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A joke for you:   A woman approaches the counter at a bookstore. The guy behind the counter smiles and says, “May I help you?” “Yes. I bought this book last week,” she said. “And I wasn’t able to put it down for a moment”. The clerk replied, “It was […]