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Just Shelley Technology

What’s the use?

Wayback Machine has copy of this story with comments Last week I had an email from a person writing an anger management manual, who wanted permission to quote my old posts about using anger as a weapon against helplessness. In the posts, I wrote about Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman’s research into a cause of depression he termed […]

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Lowpoint in television

Thanks to Yule (who says it’s all Maria’s fault) I discovered that I’m Percy Bysshe Shelley in the “What famous Romantic Poet are you” quiz–not my favorite poet, but somewhat appropriate considering the name. In response, Yule wrote in comments: No kidding! On the other hand, the poet Shelley’s full name never ceases to remind me of a […]

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Technology

The Complete and Utter Numbnuts Guide to Programming with Web APIs

Chapter 1: When you’re satisfied with how your test functions to a web application such as Flickr are working and you then move to encapsulate the code into a reusable form, make sure you follow Simple Rule #1: rather than spending a considerable amount of time hacking, tearing apart, and picking to pieces the code […]

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Diversity Photography

Flora

I thought I would share a photo of Missouri’s colorful flora. Yes, you never know what exotic bloom you’ll come upon when out walking in these hills. This silk floral lei was hanging from a tree in the middle of the forest that surrounds the Illinois end of the the Chain or Rocks Bridge. For […]