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Critters Places

Sound washing around you

My broadband is out this morning and I came down to Panera Bread (St. Louis Bread Company) for a latte and a small loaf of asagia cheese bread. I’m finding it pleasant to catch up on my weblog reading and email, sipping good coffee from a large, white china mug, and nibbling at my excellent […]

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Diversity

The common enemy is…

Excellent find this morning through the Livejournal Reader’s List (something you may want to check out): Ampersand re-posted one of his more popular essays last week, giving a list based on male privilege. It includes among the many items listed the following: 6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all […]

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Technology Weblogging

Some Gratuitous Weblog Software Writing

I’m starting to get a pretty good handle on what WordPress 1.3 will be offering, both from the code and forum discussions. I also found a link in the support forum for a WordPress 1.3 release wiki, which details the individual changes. (From the wiki software used, I wonder if the WordPress documentation wiki is being […]

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Events of note History

The 1989 Hare and Hound Race

The program for the race yesterday featured a story about the 1989 balloon race, the only one where the balloons actually took off and landed in the same place (lack of wind). The story was so funny that I re-printed it here…with a photo. Of course. A small issue with balloon “races”–of the Hare and […]

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Weblogging

This is wrong on so many levels

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. As Matt Mullenweg said recently in comments about another post, this is wrong on so many levels. Both Biz Stone and Robert Scoble have a ‘How to Win the Blogging Game’ entries, except their posts are titled, Promoting your Blog and How will your blog get discovered. There is much in what both write that […]