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Photography Places

Day lilies and lotus blossoms

I spent several happy and restful hours at the Missouri Botanical Gardens yesterday. We’re in a period of cool weather, and the day was overcast up until getting ready to leave. Overcast skies make prettier flower photos, especially when the sprinklers are still going, dusting the petals with plenteous fairy tears. Yesterday, the day lilies […]

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W3C XHTML/HTML

XHTML2 is dead

I have mixed feelings on this news. On the one hand, I think it’s a good idea to focus on one X/HTML path. On the other, I’ve been a part of the HTML WG for a little while now, and I don’t feel entirely happy, or comfortable with many of the decisions for X/HTML5, or […]

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Books HTML5 Writing

Summer roads

I did continue with my effort on the HTML WG, but I no longer feel either comfortable or welcome in the email list, so not sure what I’ll be doing with HTML 5 from this point. Chances are, I’ll just focus on preparing a couple of Formal Objections, which don’t require any email communication, other […]

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Just Shelley

Car Story

Car repair is not a linear progression, with incidents sweetly spaced so as to remind us, gently, that nothing lasts forever. It is an aggregation of aggravation, where one failure begets another, in clumps timed to crest when your wallet is flattest. Unlike that twinge in our side, or that odd pressure in our chests, […]

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Just Shelley

Car repair

Car repair is not a linear progression, with incidents sweetly spaced so as to remind us, gently, that nothing lasts forever. It is an aggregation of aggravation, where one failure begets another, in clumps timed to crest when your wallet is flattest. Unlike that twinge in our side, or that odd pressure in our chests, […]