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Writing

The night before Christmas

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. with first person singular annotation, updated to the new Millennium T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; (Well, there was a mouse once. Name of George, married to a nice little brown field mouse named Alice. Last Christmas, […]

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Technology Writing

Practical RDF Tech Reviews

I sent a request for technical reviewers of my book “Practical RDF” to the Semantic Web, RDF Interest, and Jena Interest groups . My hope is that I’ll get volunteers that reflect the book’s targeted audience, and so far I’m getting a terrific response from an incredibly interesting mix of people. In fact, I’m extremely […]

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Just Shelley

Bad girl

I still can’t believe my mother sent me a telescope for Christmas. I guess parents know what a kid needs — no matter how old the kid is. I’m a ba-a-ad, bad girl. I missed the deadline for my quarterly state and federal employer tax filings. I’m late. I forgot. They’ll probably do something nasty […]

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Just Shelley

Bad Knee

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Walked to Pier 39 tonight. Weather was very pleasant, and crowd was fun. I got some silly socks for my brother and his family for Christmas. Walking back, my knee gave out completely and I literally couldn’t walk at first. I managed to hop to a wall to sit until […]

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Just Shelley

While in San Francisco

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I just noticed that a lot of folks running weblogs have the flu or bad colds this week. Tis the season I guess. To all the sickies out there, get well. I’m feeling pretty good myself. Friday was a beautiful day and looks like the weather will be nice next […]