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Just Shelley

Spoke too soon

I spoke too soon on not needing anything. I was working with my laptop on my lap, when a thin line of color streaked across the monitor. I can’t get rid of it, even when I re-boot, which means it’s a hardware problem – probably to do with the casing and the problem I’ve had […]

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RDF Writing

2005 Errata and book updates: Chapter 1

I still like my analogy to the elephant and the blind men, in chapter 1. People still see RDF, and more generally, the Semantic Web (or my preferred, the lowercase semantic web), from different viewpoints, and with different expectations. That hasn’t changed, and by the nature of the beast, never will. Good. Keeps life interesting. […]

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Stuff Weather

Looking for a little bright

If you access my front page you’ll see that I’ve made a temporary modification to include random photos. This doesn’t signal a redesign as much as a need to add a little bright color to my page. I was inspired to this move, as I sit inside and watch yet another thunderstorm roll past. These […]

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Social Media

I, URL

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My first exposure to the concept of a ‘federated identity’, or a digital identity or ID if you will, was when I had to obtain one of the first Microsoft Passport identities in order to access the material I needed to finish my book, Developing ASP Components. I was pleased […]

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Photography Places

Banging heads for fun and profit

I managed to get LID installed, and you can see it in operation here. I’m in the middle of another one of my multi-page essays on digital ID generally and LID specifically, and hopefully will be finished tonight, or tomorrow. I bet you’re sitting there just holding your breath, excited down to your privates at the thought of […]