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Places

Beauty and the Beast

I have come to love this state: the beautiful scenery on my walks, the state’s role in so many important historical events, and the people who will chat with you at a hot air balloon show or on the trail. But this state has a darker side, the beast if you will, and I’ve been […]

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Diversity

My first man woman post of the new year

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I never feel totally complete until I’ve written my first man/woman post of the new year. Thankfully, I’ve been given an opportunity tonight. Lauren from Feministe points to an article written by a Fox journalist about opening a door for a woman and her getting irritated by the act. Michelle of A Small Victory […]

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Technology

Mega Meta Mommy Backplane

Kim Cameron responded to my I, URL posting with a very gracious response. Gracious, in particular, considering that I was a ‘bit rough’ on him, as well as the Liberty Alliance. Years working with the multi-mega-corporate data model efforts at various organizations and my own studies and writings on RDF have left me impatient, I will have […]

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Just Shelley

Spoke too soon

I spoke too soon on not needing anything. I was working with my laptop on my lap, when a thin line of color streaked across the monitor. I can’t get rid of it, even when I re-boot, which means it’s a hardware problem – probably to do with the casing and the problem I’ve had […]

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RDF Writing

2005 Errata and book updates: Chapter 1

I still like my analogy to the elephant and the blind men, in chapter 1. People still see RDF, and more generally, the Semantic Web (or my preferred, the lowercase semantic web), from different viewpoints, and with different expectations. That hasn’t changed, and by the nature of the beast, never will. Good. Keeps life interesting. […]