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Weblogging

Happy birthday, Jonathon

It’s the 24th here in the States, but it’s the 25th in Australia, which means it’s Jonathon Delacour’s birthday ‘today’. I think you all should drop on by Jonathon’s weblog and wish him a Happy Birthday. Better yet, go to this posting, and write “Happy Birthday, Jonathon! Now go buy the damn PowerBook!”.  

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Burningbird

Come together

I finally started posting the updated chapters for the Practical RDF book, over at the weblog. These have been edited, drastically, since the last release. The end is in sight for this book and I’m not sure who’s happier: me or my editor. This book has been a long time coming. Thanks to my most recent […]

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Writing

Mockingbird’s Wish

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The news spread first as a whisper and then as a shout: First Mother was granting to each creature one wish. One wish, only, but whatever was asked, would be granted. Mockingbird heard the news from Hawk who head the news from Sparrow who heard the news from Robin and […]

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Diversity People

I have a dream

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to […]

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Technology

YAM—Yet Another Modification

One more modification. Since I do make updates to a weblog posting — to add new information, make corrections, whatever — I made these easier to spot. First, I’m now highlighting the change, putting a box around it with a different color of background. In addition, I pulled my old MT tag-based recent entry list […]