There are times when I feel either I will have to give up my career in technology, or give up weblogging–or at a minimum, not write about technology in my weblog, not read about technology in other weblogs; not allow any association between the two. Luckily, these times don’t happen often, but when they do, […]
My Dad did not make history
My Dad served during World War II. He was in the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper, and was injured twice while on duty. Through merit and field promotions, he achieved the rank of Captain by war’s end. During the war, he took flying lessons in Seattle. While he was out on a solo flight, he […]
Mangled
This is what happens when two weblog posts get mangled into one, with an aside or two tossed in for good measure. It does make a nice break from this weekend’s game of Pen the tale on the wonkey.
Podcasting history
I can’t stand the Initial Development history section of the Podcasting entry at Wikipedia. It’s horribly written and full of accusations and people’s names inserted just to mark themselves into the story. I was only half joking about editing the section, but I’m not now. I have no part in podcasting so I have nothing to win […]
Matinee movie of the week
Weblogging is replete with Carnivals of this, Bonfires of that — most of which fall on a Friday before all of this gets put into sleep mode. One such I thought is missing is something along the lines of a Carnival of Matinee Movies. These are the movies you saw Saturday afternoons, either in a […]
