Sorry to rescind my offer to take screenshots of your weblogs with Safari. I’m going to be out of touch for a while, and won’t be checking my email, or this weblog. Others will be willing, I’m sure, to take screenshots for those of you interested.
Category: Burningbird
Why writing tech is hard
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 […]
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, […]
