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Burningbird Technology Weblogging

Pithy bar

Sidebar quick links, or b-links are very popular now. I wasn’t that interested at first in them until I found myself wanting to point out items of interest, but without writing a great deal about the item. I don’t necessarily like doing little posts with nothing more than a link, so b-links really is a good alternative. […]

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Burningbird

Styles redux and identity

My thanks to those who provided feedback on the styles. At this time I’ve dropped Cabinet and Clashing, though I’ll keep the clashing style in the ‘about these sheets’ page – it is a rather interesting way of looking for web site colors. I was surprised by the variety of answers I received when I […]

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Just Shelley Weblogging

Nudging Burningbird out of the way

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Another change I’ve made recently is add my full name to both my syndication feeds and to the weblog pages. Perhaps I’ll be more careful with what I write, now that my name is so prominently attached to the pages. Or I’ll feel more ownership of what I write, I […]

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Technology

Stuck battery in new TiBook

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have one of the first runs of the TiBook released in 2001. Yeah, I know – never buy a first anything from Apple. Anyway, it’s a wonderful computer that puts up with all sorts of abuse. However, I can’t get my battery unstuck. I can get it to the point where […]

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People

He never met an offer he could refuse

I liked him for the fact that he had no problem with telling Hollywood to stick it. I liked him for his acting, especially when he was younger. He defined “Godfather”. But he blew me away with “On the Waterfront” and “The Wild One”. And he’s finally met an offer he can’t refuse. Rest in […]