Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The discussion following my posting of When We are Needed last week split into two different directions: one focused on the discussion of women, competition, and need; one focused more on the tech job market in this country and the factors that are driving both men and women out of the field. […]
Author: Shelley Powers
What planet are you on?
Dan Brickley writes about refining his site so that Planet RDF only picks up those posts that are RDF-related. His concern about Planet RDF matches my concern about Planet Identity: Planet RDF is now taking that category feed (thanks Dave!), which allows me to vent freely on other things without worrying too much about cluttering up a predominantly tech-oriented site. […]
Festival of Nations
A storm blew in tonight and took with it the heat that has oppressed our state. We have broken records right and left, including a heat index of 121 degrees on Saturday, and several days straight with over 100 degree real temperatures. Now I can go outside, and I need to as my daily level […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. At some conference or another a while back, I think it was someone from Bloglines who expressed a wish that people would provide one and only one syndication feed for their sites. Most of us provide two, a lot of us provide three or more. I agree with him in […]
From Weather Underground: … Excessive heat warning in effect from 7 am Thursday to 7 PM CDT Sunday… The National Weather Service in St Louis MO has issued an excessive heat warning. Afternoon high temperatures will rise near 100 degrees with heat indices ranging from 105 to 115 degrees. Overnight low temperatures are only expected […]
