BurningbirdToday I had afternoon tea with a close friend of mine who was in town visiting family. Lisa’s from Boston and we both have a thing for traditional English teas. We went to the Hyatt Plaza in San Francisco’s financial district. The hotel had very few people about — a result of the times, unfortunately. […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. with first person singular annotation, updated to the new Millennium T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; (Well, there was a mouse once. Name of George, married to a nice little brown field mouse named Alice. Last Christmas, […]
I sent a request for technical reviewers of my book “Practical RDF” to the Semantic Web, RDF Interest, and Jena Interest groups . My hope is that I’ll get volunteers that reflect the book’s targeted audience, and so far I’m getting a terrific response from an incredibly interesting mix of people. In fact, I’m extremely […]
I still can’t believe my mother sent me a telescope for Christmas. I guess parents know what a kid needs — no matter how old the kid is. I’m a ba-a-ad, bad girl. I missed the deadline for my quarterly state and federal employer tax filings. I’m late. I forgot. They’ll probably do something nasty […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Walked to Pier 39 tonight. Weather was very pleasant, and crowd was fun. I got some silly socks for my brother and his family for Christmas. Walking back, my knee gave out completely and I literally couldn’t walk at first. I managed to hop to a wall to sit until […]