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Weblogging

WordPress security fix and IT Kitchen languages

I gather that there was a security breach within the WordPress 1.2 installation. A fix has been provided but it, unfortunately, replaces all files in the WP installation, not just the files changed. I imagine the developers did this because whatever was changed in 1.2 for 1.2.1 could potentially conflict with whatever customizations a person has made, and providing […]

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Just Shelley

Slipped out of time

My favorite place is not at home in front of the computer, or out on some trail somewhere, taking photos. It’s not in any city or town, in the country, or along the water, though you get close with the latter. I am in my car, but being in my car doesn’t make it my […]

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RDF

Web 2.0 just like Web 1.0 before we got clever

I’ve been reading some of the articles associated with Web 2.0 (Jeremy Zawodny has several dumps of these) , and I’m not sure that I’m particularly impressed with what I’m seeing. The consensus seems to be that Web 2.0 is really about lightweight services and open source functionality, but we had that at the very beginning […]

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RDF

Emerging Tech Proposal

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I decided, what the hey, I wanted to put my Emerging Tech proposal online. I’m rather fond of it myself. I may actually build something on this for the upcoming IT Kitchen. ==================== Proposal Information ==================== Title: I, Poet Conference: O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2005 Type/Duration: 45m Audience Level: General Audience […]

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Political

Now is the time to rob a bank in St. Louis

If someone were interested in robbing a bank in St. Louis, now is the time to do it. Most police are being pulled into details covering the joint appearances of Kerry and Bush here from Thursday to Saturday, culminating in their next debate, Friday night. I didn’t even attempt to get tickets for this, but there is a […]