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Author: Shelley Powers
Domains for free
Tripping over to Loren Webster’s In a Dark Time weblog, I was surprised to see “Domain expired”. However, it’s been renewed so more poetry should be forthcoming. If you’re thirsting for the words now, then you can use his “tilde” URL – http://gemini.hmdnsgroup.com/~loren/In_a_Dark_Time/. Now might also be a good time to go to his front page, because I […]
The Crystal pendant
Last week on the way back from the store, I noticed a sparkle in the car in front of me. The driver had one of those lead crystal pieces that you hang over the rear view mirror, and which reflects rainbow light back into the interior of the car. I can never see one of […]
In France Now
I drove over to see my Dad in the hospital yesterday. When I entered the room he looked at me without recognition for a moment, before going “Michelle? What are you doing over here?” Though the trip is four hours each way, that’s not outside of reason for visiting one’s father. I said, “I though […]
In support of O’Reilly
For all the times I’ve been critical of O’Reilly about the lack of women participants at the company’s events, I now find myself needing to speak up in support of the organization generally and Tim O’Reilly specifically. At Misbehaving, Liz Lawley noticed that the number of female participants at FooCamp was only 10% of the total. However, I know […]
