AKMA has been having problems with his MT installation on Windows NT 4.0. My first reaction was to say, “Dump the trash and get a real OS, Linux”, but I realized that could be less than helpful. Reading the discussion thread where AKMA found his solution highlights how difficult it is to write about technology. Believe it or not, it […]
Category: Burningbird
Loren Webster has been providing reviews of poetry by Archibald MacLeish, interspersed occasionally with lyrics from Van Morrison. These have become my calm, quiet moments in an otherwise stressful, somewhat jagged-edged day. Not being one for poetry, or at least, I assumed I wasn’t one for poetry, I found myself surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed […]
O’Reilly twenty-five year anniversary
O’Reilly is celebrating it’s 25 year anniversary. That’s a lot of critters on a lot of covers. Congratulations to the many people I have worked with at O’Reilly, especially Simon, Tara, David, Andy, Linda, Ron, Edd, Nate, Todd, and Derrick I’m celebrating by finishing the first draft of the last book I’m writing for O’Reilly. Rah.
Next week I’m delivering to my editor the complete first draft of “Practical RDF” for O’Reilly. Yeah, finally. No one has seen the complete TOC, including the tools, APIs and whatever used in the book and I thought I would provide a heads up before the book is released for public review. If you’re interested, […]
New Year: Universal Do Over
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jeneane Sessum isn’t particularly fond of New Year’s Eve, but she still looks for the positive within this year’s end: Beyond the obvious, I think about this place we’re building online. And I think 2002 was a year of a different kind of love. A different kind of family. A […]
