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Mindless spot on eternal lack of sunshine

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I am not one to do movie reviews. I rarely write on a movie I see, and when I do, it’s usually favorably. But I feel compelled to write about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, primarily because I disliked this movie so much. I found my reaction to be somewhat […]

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Photography Places

Pink sapphires and diamonds

Yesterday was sunny and cold and I specifically headed out to a place that suited both conditions: The Castor Shut-Ins at the Amidon Conservation area. In a book I read, the author mentioned how during cold weather the water around the rocks would freeze into crystalline formations, adding to the beauty of the place. It […]

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Technology Weblogging

Adapting Admin for extensibility

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Many of the earlier changes I’m making to WordPress will be behind the scenes, in the administration pages. In fact, when I finish these changes, I probably will release a copy of the product as it will then be sufficiently different enough from WordPress to have earned status as a […]

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Technology

Out, damn’d open source! out, I say!

I have had an usual number of requests for files this last week. These are files that I’ve either accidentally removed during moves between tools; or deliberately removed because I need the space for new development. Among files accidentally lost were ones for my post Stepping Stones to a Safer Blog, about how to make Movable […]

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Media Technology

Mars attacks

Version 1.0 of MarsEdit released last week , and Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise celebrated by issuing the first trailer for the upcoming remake of the ultimate sci-fi classic, “War of the Worlds”. I am not surprised that War of the Worlds is being re-made, and not terribly surprised that Spielberg is trying it. I am surprised at Tom […]