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People Weblogging Writing

AKMA meets Ferret Face

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I wanted to point you to a Pixelview interview with AKMA that went online this week. I thought AKMA did a nice job with the interview questions. I hesitated to link to the interview considering that it was conducted by my old friend, Head Lemur, a man who has been less than complimentary about […]

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Just Shelley

The race

In my late teens I was going out with a guy who was heavily into hydroplane racing — stock outboard racing to be exact. Brian raced A stock, one of the smaller types with a maximum speed of 50-55 MPH. I became a fairly decent and respected crew member, with Brian as well as other […]

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Just Shelley Travel

See you in St. Louis

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to pack I go. No time for sleep I’ve a schedule to keep And movers to hold if I’m slow. Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to photo I go. No time for sleep I’ve a schedule to keep And pictures to capture the […]

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Just Shelley

And the seagull cried…

I knew today would be one of those days when I put on a black shirt and black denim pants. My only color was a turquoise necklace – primitive silver encasing the brilliant blue of a clear Arizona morning. I bypassed my usual music, turning the radio to a station that features the likes of AC/DC, Pink […]

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Technology Writing

Calling all Unix gurus

Rule number one if you’re taking a break from your weblog: turn off email notification for your comments. I kept responding to the comments rather than working. Speaking of working, the main reason I was taking the break was to finish my writing on two books for O’Reilly: the Essential Weblogging book and UNIX Power […]