BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. I spent the day today talking about the war in Iraq and possible solutions, about protests and voices. But behind all of this has been the disappointment of hearing people chastise the peace movement — dismissive statements about self-indulgent moralizing. Once, not long ago, before the invasion of Iraq, I wrote that […]
D responded quickly to my little nudgeback earlier. And she’s sticking by her guns: But, dang it, this time I am not wrong. Good on you, Dorothea. I like people who stand their ground. I rarely do so it’s very refreshing for me to see it in others. However, I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment that software can […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve decided to re-enable comments for the weblog. Too quiet. At least the comment spams are a variation on the other email spam I get, and warblog baiting could become a favorite game of mine. As for comments and their impact on writing and what we write – I found […]
A weblog I’ve been following forever is Dan Lyke’s Flutterby. Dave Winer pointed out an item at the Weblog User’s online discussion forum where Dan mentions that he’s been having problems with comments lately: I always thought I wanted a daily readership of 10,000 or so, but recently I and my co-contributors made a few comments about the war, one […]
In a puckish piece of provocative titling, Dorothea boldly flings Why Software doesn’t Work out into the midst of a group of bloggers who are guaranteed to fall upon it, like ravenous dogs on a poor, defenseless baby bunny. If she continues this type of writing, I’m going to have to consider passing the Burning Baton […]