BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. The topic about comment spam still rages, with people following the spammer’s tracks to shut them down or at a minimum harass them with bills and whatnot. The spammers then come back with, “It’s all legal, your comment forms are open.” Well, yes and no. Try thinking of comment spam as a Denial of Service (DoS) and […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. One last note about the tax board member and weblog writing, if for no other reason to clarify that it was not the IRS I was referencing – it was the California Franchise (tax) board. I was reluctant to mention the name for some reasons I didn’t want to get […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Clay Shirky published a paper titled, The Semantic Web, Syllogism, and Worldview and made some interesting arguments. However, overall, I must agree with Sam Ruby’s assessment: Two parts brilliance, one part strawman. Particularly the strawman part. First, Clay makes a point that syllogistic logic, upon which hopes for the Semantic Web are based, requires context and […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My early days as a mineral and crystal collector would find me at Earthlight in Kirkland on a regular basis. This shop was full, floor to ceiling, with rare and wonderous crystals from throughout the world. Not just minerals in raw form – the owner also carried rock carvings, jewelry, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. During my break I made a decision not to talk about my financial affairs in this weblog again. I’m not sure why I did so before – this is not a topic I would normally bring up in a get together among friends; I have always been private about my […]