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Writing

Literature through the ages

This also from *Jonathon: Norwegian Book ClubsTop 100 books of all time I was pleased and frankly astonished to realize how many of the books on this list I’ve read. I don’t consider myself one of the more literate members of my virtual weblogging neighborhood. I read constantly, but I don’t seem to read the […]

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Weblogging Writing

More voices on moral clarity

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Two new voices raised on the issue of Moral Clarity: Kath writes: My friend claims that my demanding of my rights violates his right to what he values most – his safety. I claim that living life is a risk. You could get hit by bus while crossing the street. You […]

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Web

Congrats, Sam Ruby

I consider Apache to be an excellent example of what the computer industry can accomplish when it pulls together to create a truly open product. When I heard that Sam Ruby was just elected to the Apache Board of Directors, I had to post a note about the event. Congratulations, Sam! The Board will be richer for […]

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Weblogging

Welcome to the new baby blogger

In all the fuss about realtime blogging yesterday, I missed a realtime event: Bill Simoni and his wife had a baby boy – Christopher Michael Simoni! Big baby, too — 8 pounds. Take a moment to go over to Bill’s weblog – Binary by Accident – to drop a note of congratulations!

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Writing

Dave Winer’s ‘help’ with book

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Wow. Generosity itself. Dave wants to try and “salvage” O’Reilly’s weblogging book, by putting together his own mailing list rather than let O’Reilly go through the usual editing process. According to the intro page at the list, Dave writes: I was hoping this book would start like the WebMonkey survey of blogging software and […]