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A dog with no name

  The picture is of a dog with no name. Outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, I entered a gas station and saw a dog, lying on the cement in between the pumps. My first reaction was “Oh my God! This poor dog has been hit!” However, at that point, she rolled over and looked at […]

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Frozen Custard

I’ve been interested in P2P technologies for a few years now. When I was at Skyfish, the former CTO — an Australian by the name of Michael — and I worked out the architecture for a services application that was based on a P2P cloud with absolutely no reliance on a static IP. I constantly […]

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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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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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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 […]