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Political

Winning Elections

Steve Himmer talks about expressing his political viewpoints, especially after a gubernatorial debate: It also makes me wonder, though, with all of the hegemonic masculinities and femininities and political opinions we encounter everyday, how many of us actually agree with the party line–with any party line–and how many of us are just too tired or too lazy […]

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People Political

We lost a good one

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Senator Paul Wellstone and his wife and daughter and three staff members and two pilots died in a plane crash today. Their deaths are horribly tragic and my sympathies go out to their families and friends. But in these times, the loss is made doubly worse when you realize Senator Wellstone was […]

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Weblogging

Wordless

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. *GASP* The Bird you can’t shut up to save your life, Ms. Jibber Jabber herself, can’t find a bloody thing to say today. I’m wordless. Fall photo for you instead. Onwards. Update: Thanks to Mr. Delacour for his excellent advice on the photo and cropping.  

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Connecting

Good-bye Rick

Rick, I didn’t know you except through Chris, and I deeply regret that now I’ll never have a chance to know you, because you’re gone. You were only 39 years old. My deepest sympathies to Rick Gleason’s family and friends for your incredible loss. Someday I swear, we’ll find a way to stop these senseless deaths. […]

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Technology

The Slinky style of project management

It seems that the bookshelves are inundated with books about building successful systems. “Build a successful business in 2 weeks or less”, or “How to go on the Web in 30 days”. To me, the real key to building successful systems, Web-based or not, is to understand the underlying causes of what makes a system […]