Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Seth Finkelstein has one of the better takes on the Wikipdia “sex” scandal. I wouldn’t even be interested except for two things: 1. Seth and All’s Wool both mention about the deep irregularities associated with the Wikipedia Foundation’s money, including how Foundation money is finding it’s way into founder Jimmy Wales pocket. If […]
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Body Worlds
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I went to the Body Worlds exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center today. If you’ve not heard of this, it’s an exhibit of preserved human bodies formed into shapes to best demonstrate the human anatomy. The human bodies are without skin, so that the muscle, bone, tendons, organs show. Believe me […]
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Community and Technology
I am cleaning out my weblog after all these many years. Seven years. Seven years of past discussions and writings, many of which no longer make sense when taken out of the context of the previous times. Every once in a while, though, I’ll find an old post that seems to highlight, not only what […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Lane Hartwell has posted a statement addressing some of the misconceptions about the use of her photo in the Bubble 2.0 video. For instance, one misconception is that she’s suing Richter Scales. She wrote: It has been erroneously reported in various media outlets and blogs that I have either filed or am […]
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Nullifiers
One thing I’ve discovered this weekend, is there are some people who suck the life out of a discussion. They use their popularity, their rank, their legions of fans, to overwhelm and crush any opposition. No, crush is a melodramatic word. They nullify opposition. Sometimes they’re sweet in their weblogs; sometimes they’re not. Typically they’re held up […]