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Weblogging

Blogs, bucks, ethics

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Me? Blog for bucks? There is absolutely no way that I would violate the trust of my readers by blogging for money. My readers know that I’ll always be honest with them, and would never sell out for filthy lucre. (By the way, while we’re on the subject of readers, I […]

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RDF Writing

New chapter posted at book weblog

For those who are interested in reviewing the Practical RDF book, I’ve finally gotten around to posting a new chapter, Chapter 4: Reification, The RDF Big Ugly”. I had to rewrite the chapter to incorporate changes in the specification, and writing about reification isn’t trivial. The effort has slowed me down considerably and put me […]

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Connecting People

Slow waking from a nightmare

Chris’ weblog has become a clearing house for information about his friend, Rick who was seriously hurt in the Bali explosion. As people who knew Rick leave comments, the person who Chris knows becomes someone we know. He’s isn’t faceless. There is no insulation from the pain and the horror of the Bali blast through emotionless news […]

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Weblogging

The wormhole effect

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Mark recounted the posting from the referral about the letter to the Register about the Register article about the Wired article about him ranting about Google, but…but…but the cycle was too much for nature and a big wormhole opened up and sucked Mark into another dimension. Probably one without Python. (Now, […]

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Connecting Weblogging Writing

Bali

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dave Winer starts a posting today with the title Whining Matilda, in response to the — legitimate — complaints of lack of coverage of the Bali bombing in the American press. He writes: There are plenty of Australian weblogs. The Web is worldwide. Cover it, explain it, grieve it, if the […]