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Technology

Coding on the hoof

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This last week I’ve been heavily into development, trying to get OsCommerce to agree to operate a certain way, in addition to doing some really strange things to the version of WordPress in use at Bb (changes which will then get ported to Wordform). In fact, you may see things […]

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Connecting

You must wear appropriate behavior at all times

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. When I read that the Indian Ocean quake had altered the earth’s rotation slightly and may have even caused the earth’s tilt to wobble a bit, my first reaction was to write a post pointing to this writing at Jonathon Delacour’s, referencing the comment he made last year about …the only way “the planet […]

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outdoors

Duct tape hiking

We’ve had unseasonably warm weather this week, with temperatures expected to reach 70F today. Warm enough to drive around town on errands with the windows down (and the music up — an unfortunate hold over from my youth). I have an OsCommerce application to finish by year end for a client, so unfortunately haven’t been […]

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Weblogging

St. Louis journalist loses job because of weblog

Oh, look. A real title, just like in the papers. I’ve been out in comment threads the last few days. Sometimes you feel like a conversation, and sometimes you don’t. The last two days I felt like conversing. One conversation today was at the St. Louis Weblogger site – a writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch […]

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Government Photography Places

Tyson Valley, a Lone Elk, and the Bomb

Christmas Eve I spent in Lone Elk park, just outside of St. Louis. It’s a large animal preserve and outdoor facility with a 3.2 mile hike around the perimeter. My hiking book described the hike as ‘easy’ but the park labeled it difficult. I side with the park–though the trail was very well marked and […]