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Voting

Spirits Lighten

It’s an odd thing, but after I voted today, I felt revitalized – is if a huge weight has dropped off. I want to work in code and plan my Ozarks trip (now Thursday as the weather blows), and write things and even watch the returns tonight. All from punching holes in a card and […]

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Technology Weblogging

From WordPress to Wordform

I feel a strong urge to work on code, I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s because code is something I can wrap my hands around…and throttle the heck out of it. Note if you’re not a tech, much of the following is still going to be of interest if you use or plan to use […]

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Voting

Voting

I haven’t voted yet, decided not to add to the times of the people who are voting before going to work. Since I work from home, I can vote anytime during the day, though I plan on going over in a bit. I received email about how to vote pro-life, sent by the Archbishop who […]

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Writing

The Historian

Born too late in a strange land, lost with love of a people you can never claim. Living a time you can never know. Touching flyleaf of book as hand of friend. Surrounded by plain walls that can’t keep you safe, from sepia faces with delicate tints. You walk streets you resent because your prints […]

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Technology

Open Source is like sex

Open source is a lot like sex: everything works so much better when all the participants aren’t passive. I’ve worked on a variety of projects in the last twenty years that ranged in size from the second largest computer system in the world, to small applications used by only a few people. In this time I’ve learned […]