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Just Shelley

A Question of Balance

I felt odd when I woke, and had a hard time concentrating on my surroundings. Everything around me had a surreal quality to it, unlike anything I’d experienced before when waking. Not even that time I’d fallen off the ladder and knocked myself out. Looking around, I could see that I was in a long, […]

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Photography Writing

Deer Mountain

Not far from Babble Meadow is another Magic place: Deer Mountain. However, unlike the Meadow where People are not allowed, you and I can tread the Mountain — but the Mountain has to invite you, first. You can pout and you can bring money and you can show your card that says you’re an Important […]

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RDF Writing

Practical RDF Pull Back

I’ve decided to hold on posting any more chapters to the RDF book web site until I have a completed first draft. I found that I couldn’t manage the tech review comments and questions and the writing at the same time. Normally I can multi-task, and this type of thing wouldn’t be a problem. However, […]

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Just Shelley

Walking the worries

This week and last has been a round of worries. Too many nights waking from a sound sleep; too many mornings waking up with that faint anxious feeling you get when you know that worry slept in the bed beside you. When I look at this photo I think to myself, “Avoid the water, the […]

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RDF Writing

New chapter posted at book weblog

For those who are interested in reviewing the Practical RDF book, I’ve finally gotten around to posting a new chapter, Chapter 4: Reification, The RDF Big Ugly”. I had to rewrite the chapter to incorporate changes in the specification, and writing about reification isn’t trivial. The effort has slowed me down considerably and put me […]