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Burningbird

Some you keep, some you don’t

One of the benefits to manually going through old weblog postings and other articles—to see which to keep and which to 410—is re-reading old work. When you haven’t looked at the material in several years, reading your old stuff is like reading something someone else wrote. It’s surprising what you can learn about yourself when […]

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Photography Places

Day lilies and lotus blossoms

I spent several happy and restful hours at the Missouri Botanical Gardens yesterday. We’re in a period of cool weather, and the day was overcast up until getting ready to leave. Overcast skies make prettier flower photos, especially when the sprinklers are still going, dusting the petals with plenteous fairy tears. Yesterday, the day lilies […]

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W3C XHTML/HTML

XHTML2 is dead

I have mixed feelings on this news. On the one hand, I think it’s a good idea to focus on one X/HTML path. On the other, I’ve been a part of the HTML WG for a little while now, and I don’t feel entirely happy, or comfortable with many of the decisions for X/HTML5, or […]

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Books HTML5 Writing

Summer roads

I did continue with my effort on the HTML WG, but I no longer feel either comfortable or welcome in the email list, so not sure what I’ll be doing with HTML 5 from this point. Chances are, I’ll just focus on preparing a couple of Formal Objections, which don’t require any email communication, other […]