Update 9/11/05: Persuaded by a CNN law suit, the feds have backed down. Feds Drop Media Ban on Katrina Recovery Following is the remainder of my original story:
Flying Again!
Yee Hah! I flew a plane today for the first time in almost 13 years! 🙂 Skyhawk N6343D from St. Charles Flying Service at St. Charles Municipal Airport (3SQ). Coming back after this long was almost as good as my first solo. It seemed an auspicious day to run across an article about Glacier Girl, […]
A Can’t-Do Government
Paul Krugman of The New York Times writes what I have been wondering, but much more eloquently, in A Can’t-Do Government Here is a little sample: Yesterday [Thursday, September 1] Mr. Bush made an utterly fantastic claim: that nobody expected the breach of the levees. In fact, there had been repeated warnings about exactly that […]
Donate Blood
For years and years, I regularly donated blood to the American Red Cross. It was easy, didn’t hurt, and helped other people. Unlike donating money, giving blood did not even deprive me of anything. As a matter of fact, after each donation I treated myself to a good steak dinner. (No, I don’t want to […]
Double the Cost of Trash
I’ll admit it. I throw away stuff that could be recycled. Actually, I throw away lots of stuff that could be recycled. I do it because I’m lazy and cheap. Whew! It feels good to get that off my chest. I suspect that there are many, many other people like me who simply find it […]
You can borrow books—and a lesbian
I used to be revolted by tattoos and piercings. Quite literally, my stomach felt queasy when I looked at some people. About ten years ago, I found myself staffing a workshop with a man that I’ll call Richard. He was capable and insightful, generally a strong asset to have at the workshop. The only problem […]
Diamonds are not forever
According to this article in PhysicsWeb, Diamonds are not forever (August 2005), diamond is no longer the hardest material. Don’t you just hate it when the underpinnings of the world, the things you know, turn out to be untrue?! The hardness of a material is measured by its isothermal bulk modulus. Aggregated diamond nanorods have […]
Touching Hearts in Unexpected Ways
Thank you, Joseph, for opening my eyes today. He wrote, “The most obvious function of the get-well messages was to help the patient feel better. But it does more than that. It helps the doctors and hospital staff feel good about what they are doing.” This put me in an introspective mood. All too often […]
A Duct Tape Solution to Videogame Addiction
Says Joe McCarthy: They pleaded with me to let them continue, and suggested that they tape their mouths shut to ensure that they didn’t keep shouting while they played. Now why didn’t I get a chance to do that when my sons were shorter than I am? I don’t think I could get away with […]
Finding Support for Open Source Software
We have all heard of open source software. Many of us have even seen it in action (e.g., the Firefox web browser or the Thunderbird email program). One nagging concern still blocks many people from actually using open source software: how do you get technical support? Certainly paid support is the easy-to-find option for many […]
The Problems with the RFP
I used to co-own a small software company and RFPs became so burdensome and expensive to answer that we eventually adopted a policy of refusing to reply. Yes, it cost us business opportunities but I believe that, in the long run, we were spending more money answering the silly things than we made on the […]
Celebrate Freedom of the Press
There are many freedoms here in America and I am often guilty of taking them for granted. Today is different. On this day in 1735, freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal […]
Video About the ManKind Project
The ManKind Project, South Africa, has produced a ten minute video that is well worth watching if you are a man or know a man who wants to lead a life of integrity. My favorite sound bite from the video describes the process as a “course in emotional literacy.” More information about this is available […]
Giving back to open-source
Hats off to Smugmug’s Chief Geek, Don MacAskill, for his open letter, Giving back to open-source. Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone viewed open source developers and software in the same light?
Understanding URI, URL, and URN
Prompted by a question from my wife, I finally went off and figured out the difference between a URI and a URL and a URN. I gleaned my analysis from the W3C’s article, URIs, URLs, and URNs: Clarifications and Recommendations 1.0. This might be the key paragraph: Over time, the importance of this additional level […]
The Origins of Ctrl Alt Del
Ever wonder where Ctrl Alt Del came from? Watch this short video: The Origins of Ctrl Alt Del
DHTML Utopia Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM
I found DHTML Utopia Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM reviewed in Slashdot. The review makes it sound good enough that I will at least drop by the bookstore and take a look at it… and will probably buy a copy.
Taking the Fingerprint of a Piece of Paper
Scientific American has a short article on-line about “finding” the fingerprint of virtually any surface, such as paper, cardboard or plastic. By bouncing a laser off of the surface and measuring how the light scatters, researchers can identify one piece of paper from a package… and the fingerprint does not change even if the paper […]
Migrate Applications from Internet Explorer to Mozilla
IBM has published an article about porting IE-specific applications to work on Firefox and Mozilla, Migrate apps from Internet Explorer to Mozilla. Ever have trouble getting your Internet Explorer-specific Web applications to work with Mozilla? This article covers common issues associated with migrating applications to the open source Mozilla-based browser. You’ll first learn basic cross-browser […]
Microsoft’s Earth Deletes Apple HQ
From the “check your sources” department: Kudos to two Register readers who discovered that Microsoft’s new Virtual Earth shows an empty field where Apple headquarters should be. Here is the article: Microsoft’s Earth deletes Apple HQ and here are two aerial views so you can see what is really there and what Microsoft wants you […]
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