BurningbirdDon at Hands in the Dirt writes: For Christians, I think that the last thing called for in this Christmas season is phony magic, the wishful making upright of all that is turned over, either personal or in the larger world. Or the cloying fake holiday spirit of Coke ads (you know that the polar bears […]
I also wanted to post a link to Mike Golby and his beautiful photos of South Africa. Unfortunately, these may be it for a while, as his car was stolen today. Of the event he writes: The snaps I’ve been able to catalogue over the past eight months have, frequently, felt like my documenting of the […]
Just in time for the Jena conference this week, Leigh has posted links to local mirrors of useful RDF data sources. Unfortunately, as Michael Bernstein pointed out to me in a recent email, the historical site needs a new home. I really do like Danny Ayers’ posts where he mixes tech and critters. Dave Beckett blogs his company, or as much as he […]
Very interesting takes on being both a technologist and a parent of a small child. Karl writes of his baby daughter Emma: Emma is now very, very aware of her surroundings. Her smile fills up my heart like nothing else. She’s shares it all the time now – when she recognizes faces, hears voices in the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve been up working since 5 and it’s a beautiful day and should take a walk. Couple of things first. In comments, Chris Heuer writes: Funny how the ‘marketing people’ are still thought of like used car salesmen. I’ve never considered marketing people equivalent to used car salesmen. I even admire marketing […]