Back in the early days of the web, there were two browsers. For the sake of our story, we’ll call them “Cane” and “Able”. Cane and Able could do many of the same things: serve web pages, run scripts, display pictures, and provide for interaction among the Small Beings who became dependent on them. However, […]
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Cheery weather forecasts
From Weather Underground today: January 2006 will go into the record books as one of the warmest januarys ever recorded in parts of the Midwest. In Quincy Illinois… this past January was the warmest January on record… while in Columbia and St. Louis this January ranks in the top 5 warmest januarys. Specifically… St. Louis… […]
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For my little duckies
Last time you get lava lamp photos, my little duckies. In celebration of that fact, a few links and other assorted non-lava lamp related items: Sheila Lennon points us to a Providence Journal presentation honoring Martha and Waitsill Sharp, the 2nd and 3rd Americans named to Israel’s “Righteous Among the Nations” for their work in helping Jews […]
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Octopi goodies
The joy of being known for one’s interest in cephlapods is that one gets links to all sorts of interesting stories. A friend who walks among us, cloaked as King Henry did among his men before battle, sent me a link to a weblog post with a link to a story about a giant octopus attacking a mini-submarine. This […]
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Weblogging is not tech
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Weblogging is not ‘tech’. Weblogging uses technology, but is not, in and of itself, ‘technology’. Weblogging conferences are not technology conferences — not unless the focus of the conference is building software, not using it. When you’re a weblogger, this doesn’t mean you’re a ‘tech’. You might be both a […]