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Just Shelley

Hurt foot

Well, aren’t I deadly dull? Due to a slight medical problem that has worsened because of my tripping all around the Arch yesterday, I won’t be able to travel for at least a few days while I get additional treatment. I won’t bore you with minute details other than I had an infection in my […]

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Writing

The Princess

There once was a fairy tale princess who lived in a land of sunshine and Starbuck lattes. Of course she wasn’t part of a fairy tale, and she wasn’t really a princess, but starting a tale with “there once was a fairy tale princess” sounds better than “there once was this lady of no particular […]

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Just Shelley

Independent developer’s struggle

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Found this one at Scripting News also: Charles Cooper wrote on the independent developer’s struggle from being overwhelmed by the big companies such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle. He asks the question, “As for the remaining independents still fighting the good fight?” There has been, is, and will always be big […]

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Just Shelley

Disclaimer

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dave has this Disclaimer  on his weblog today. Well, truth in advertising – Burningbird’s Disclaimer: I’m a C, Look, Listen, C++, F-, Java, Mocha, Python, PHP, ASP, JSP, NRA, AA, AAA, LOL, BBC, Perl, Ada, Martha, Joanne, George, Modula II, Prolog, Lisp, Stutter, Icon, Monument, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Snobol, Chance, InHell, […]

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Just Shelley

Nag

Shelley, isn’t it about time you gave up all this independent nonsense and went out and found a real job?” So goes the virtual mother in my head. I had to make up this mother to nag me because my own mother would never nag me like that. She was stifled in her youth and was determined […]