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Writing

Whiteness

I don’t know if I’m the only one seeing a white page on the site, but since the upgrade to 6.11 in Drupal, I’ve had problems accessing all my sites. The problem could also be my hosting, and I’m currently exploring the possibility of moving. However, the problem has become much, much worse with the […]

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Copyright Writing

My DRM-free self

O’Reilly now has DRM free versions of some of its book available for the Kindle. Among the books are my own Painting the Web, Learning JavaScript, second edition, Practical RDF, and Adding Ajax. O’Reilly has been offering DRM free versions of the books at the O’Reilly site, but it’s only been lately that authors have been able to provide DRM […]

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RDF Writing

Semantic irony

One of my books finally returns home. (via David Wood)

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Writing

The Trees have Eyes

The weather was fine, just right for biking along the Katy Trail. The heat spell earlier in the week had broken, just a little, and though sweat was still forming a track down her back, a slight breeze sent cool fingers up her spine. Unlike the first two days of her trek, when the heat […]

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Writing

Breaking eggs

I have an egg. A perfect egg. I am lost in admiration of my perfect egg. But I am hungry. I must break the egg. I break the egg. It is awful. Slimy, wet, with a bulbous yellow eye. And I am sad. But look! I have an omelet! A perfect omelet! I am lost […]