I went to the Mingo National Reserve this week–the last bit of bottomland left in the delta region of Missouri’s boot heel. It’s full of cypress swamps, marshes, a river and a lake, and is an important breeding ground for migratory birds. If the sounds I heard were any indication, the number of species that […]
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Missouri Review on writing current events
From the weblog of the Missouri Review on why most submissions related to current events are seldom accepted by the publication. The entire post is excellent, but one point in particular stood out: Most writers can’t realize their ambitions because they are writing out of something like reflex, and according to a mistaken assumption that they understand […]
From the weblog of the Missouri Review on why most submissions related to current events are seldom accepted by the publication. The entire post is excellent, but one point in particular stood out: Most writers can’t realize their ambitions because they are writing out of something like reflex, and according to a mistaken assumption that they understand […]
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Ajax security: FUD or fact?
from_future_import has a post stating that Fortify’s recent Ajax alarm is more FUD than fact. Money quote in this one: And MOST importantly the exploit is only applicable to JSON that also happens to be valid JavaScript code. Was it FUD or fact? A bit of both. The benefit of the paper is the fact that […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The New York Times came out with an article on the recent ‘lack of civility’ events. Why is it that no matter what, David Weinberger and Robert Scoble end up in these? Regardless, this was one of the more thoughtful and accurate articles, focusing more on the whole civility movement rather than […]