At least there’s some gold in the weblogging dross — Sharon I bet that word for the day today is hearken, but you kind of gave us that one. And holler if you need help with your comments. Dross: My word for the day.
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Me and computers
When I was a child living in a town about as far away from any city as you could get in the United States, a friend of my Mom’s who shared an interest in science with me used to give me his Popular Science magazines to read. I loved those magazines, particularly reading about the […]
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Debate
I wonder what ever happened to debate? Or disagreement? Or even getting pissed at another person and coming out swinging — in writing that is. Weblogging is a natural forum for debate: Person A says something that person B doesn’t like, Person B responds, Person A counter-responds, and the weblog readers add comments or sit […]
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Bay area layoffs
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. SF Gate, one of my favorite daily reads (must add them to my list) had a week long series of articles on the past year from a San Francisco business perspective, including layoffs, dot-com failures, real estate hitting the skids in San Francisco and so on. It’s an excellent review […]
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Car loan
Forecast for Northern California: rain, followed by rain, preceded by periods of rain, with occasional breaks of clouds that are just too tired or too wimpy to rain. Found a loan for the car — Ouch! There goes my savings safety net. Must write more. Must sell more books. Must look for a new contract. […]