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Just Shelley

A song on my 49th birthday

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I turned 49 today. Or, more precisely, I turned 49 this morning at 7:02am. I’ve reached the age where I’ve lived too long to die and leave a beautiful corpse. The the only other option open to me now is to live long enough to become a burden on society. […]

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Burningbird

I’m here. Where are you?

If you see this, then you’re seeing Burningbird in the new home. Expect rough times this week, as I continue the move. For instance, I’ve had to drop my recent comments/trackback list, though I am working an alternative. I also have several trackback pings that I have to find a way to move from there to here. […]

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Burningbird Technology

You might see this

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. You won’t see this. It doesn’t exist. Or at least, it doesn’t exist – yet – in the new Burningbird home, but does in the old. I had hoped to be farther along in the transfer, but limitations in the software in the shared environment are slowing things. Rather than […]

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Just Shelley Photography

Fraud, Fiction, and Flaws

Recovered story. I no longer have the collection, but you can see photos of what once was. I am a poor collector. All other collectors know the name and origin of their rocks and crystals. Show a spark of curiosity and you’ll also here anecdotal material, history, and even industrial uses of base mineral. I […]

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Burningbird Technology

Semantic web, live and in color

I’m taking advantage of this server move to make some pretty drastic changes in my own sites. For instance, I’m not going to try maintaining the old numbered system for my Movable Type page names because, to be blunt, it’s a mess. What with my recent tax evasion weeding out, and my habit of splitting […]