BurningbirdOddly enough, the venting in my last two posts has put me in a better mood. Regardless of what happens next month, or even next week, I have a piece of software to rollout and a cute cat snuggled up on my lap sharing space with a TiBook. A cute cat who assures me that […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have much to say on Foster’s new Internet, but I hesitated to do so because I’ve had emails from folks the last month complimenting me on my enthusiastic and positive tone of voice in my recent weblog posts. My response to this “new” Internet is going to be neither enthusiastic […]
As was pointed out in comments, according to Bill Gates–a kid born rich who got richer– since I am an unemployed computer tech, I must suck. Anybody who’s got good computer science training, they are not out there unemployed,” Gates said. “We’re just not seeing an available labor pool.” What Gates means, according to David Weinberger, in […]
Another story in the news is two new Hubble images released by NASA to celebrate the telescope’s 15 year anniversary. The Eagle Nebula: And the Whirlpool Galaxy: It’s good to be reminded that life is full of moments of infinite beauty, if we only choose to see them. Even when you spill a large container of […]
Today I was on top of the world..well, at least the top of the world here in Missouri. I finally visited Taum Sauk, the tallest point in this state. I also decided to walk the three mile Mina Sauk trail and see the Falls at the end point — the longest falls in Missouri, at […]