Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Todd Mezzulo from O’Reilly, the person responsible for marketing the Practical RDF book sent me a copy of the cover, which I’ve embedded below. Now, the book isn’t going to be on the streets until Spring, so contain your excitement…a little. (To be honest, I’m really excited about this book. […]
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Perils of YASD
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve had a weblog since 1995, my own domain since ’96. My first domain was yasd.com, based on my company name at the time: YASD, inc. YASD stood for “Yet Another Software Developers”, which I thought was a chi-chi clever take on YACC — Yet Another Compiler Compiler. Trust me, […]
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I test therefore I am
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Returning home from my walk yesterday I ended up coughing so hard my head started to pound, and I could literally see stars. I awoke this morning feeling as if a steel band is wound, tight, around my chest. Between that and anxiousness about the new babies to be (who […]
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Double take
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In my weblogging neighborhood, and out in the real world, I tend to go by Shell (or Bb) rather than Shelley. So anytime I read either Shell or Bb, I tend to think it’s about me, since both are somewhat unusual nicknames. So I did a real double-take when I […]
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Found Gift
I rented a car and drove to Crissy Field and spent a glorious afternoon walking around the Golden Gate Bridge and the beach. The tide was low and the waves were strong so a lot of surf boarders were out. Takes guts to surf around the GG Bridge. Weather was awesome — brilliant blue skies, […]