And Now for Something Completely Different
15 days ago
At 11 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 4, 2008, a simple three-word news story moved on the Associated Press wire: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama wins presidency. As much as I wanted this to happen, I .......
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Workbench
Keywords: happen obama time
Filed under: politics,
15 days ago
At 11 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 4, 2008, a simple three-word news story moved on the Associated Press wire: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama wins presidency. As much as I wanted this to happen, I .......
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Go Long
15 days ago
Tim Bray : this generation of Republicans aren?t reasonable people with whom I have disagreements, they?re corrupt lying torturing malevolent buffoons. Short People got no reason Short People .......
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Sam Ruby
Keywords: people short little tim reasonable
15 days ago
Tim Bray : this generation of Republicans aren?t reasonable people with whom I have disagreements, they?re corrupt lying torturing malevolent buffoons. Short People got no reason Short People .......
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Sam Ruby Keywords: people short little tim reasonable
Prediction
16 days ago
I was meaning to write this a couple weeks ago, but I'll do it now. I think this presidential race may end up being far closer than anyone suspected. So many polls have Obama up, but I think this .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog
Keywords: think ago
Filed under: Uncategorized
16 days ago
I was meaning to write this a couple weeks ago, but I'll do it now. I think this presidential race may end up being far closer than anyone suspected. So many polls have Obama up, but I think this .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog Keywords: think ago
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That new sound
16 days ago
I was 12 years old when The Clash had their first big hit on American radio: “Train in Vain,” that weird hidden track tacked on to the London Calling album. (You know the song. Everyb .......
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inessential.com
Keywords: side song never know felt
16 days ago
I was 12 years old when The Clash had their first big hit on American radio: “Train in Vain,” that weird hidden track tacked on to the London Calling album. (You know the song. Everyb .......
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Public Service Announcement
16 days ago
This year’s vote is Big History. You don’t want to miss out. You’ll kick yourself forever. Really hard, too. If you haven’t voted yet, please vote! .......
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inessential.com
Keywords: vote hard forever
16 days ago
This year’s vote is Big History. You don’t want to miss out. You’ll kick yourself forever. Really hard, too. If you haven’t voted yet, please vote! .......
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Florida Poll Worker Challenges My Right to Vote
16 days ago
When I voted at 7:10 a.m. this morning in St. Johns County, Florida, my right to vote was challenged because a poll worker decided my signature did not match my driver's license signature. I was gi .......
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Keywords: signature voted telling worker poll
Filed under: florida,
16 days ago
When I voted at 7:10 a.m. this morning in St. Johns County, Florida, my right to vote was challenged because a poll worker decided my signature did not match my driver's license signature. I was gi .......
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Groovy Magazine finally launched
17 days ago
Yeah, there was a small bit of hype about getting it out the door, but the magazine for Groovy and Grails developers is launched. Work on issue #2 is underway. Free sample file up at http://www .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog
Filed under: Grails
17 days ago
Yeah, there was a small bit of hype about getting it out the door, but the magazine for Groovy and Grails developers is launched. Work on issue #2 is underway. Free sample file up at http://www .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog Filed under: Grails
Benefits of Uniformity
19 days ago
Jon Udell : These are, of course, best practices for an ecosystem sustained by web standards like URI, HTTP, and XML. But it was wonderful to see those best practices clearly demonstrated in a PDC .......
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Sam Ruby
Keywords: html5 huge html win
19 days ago
Jon Udell : These are, of course, best practices for an ecosystem sustained by web standards like URI, HTTP, and XML. But it was wonderful to see those best practices clearly demonstrated in a PDC .......
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Sam Ruby Keywords: html5 huge html win
I Love mod_proxy
19 days ago
After my amazingly successful use of mod_proxy to provide clean URLs in an IWWCM instance, it?s been added to my bag of useful tricks to know about. When you realize you can proxy differentl .......
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Symphonious
Keywords: virtual port host added based
Filed under: Apache Code and Geek Stuff System Administration
19 days ago
After my amazingly successful use of mod_proxy to provide clean URLs in an IWWCM instance, it?s been added to my bag of useful tricks to know about. When you realize you can proxy differentl .......
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Symphonious Keywords: virtual port host added based
Filed under: Apache Code and Geek Stuff System Administration
Ubuntu on a Stick
20 days ago
My plans are to do a fresh install of Intrepid Ibex on a number of computers, and since I had a spare machine, I thought I would recover Windows to a known clean slate, insert a second hard dri .......
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Sam Ruby
Keywords: boot install windows machine login
20 days ago
My plans are to do a fresh install of Intrepid Ibex on a number of computers, and since I had a spare machine, I thought I would recover Windows to a known clean slate, insert a second hard dri .......
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Sam Ruby Keywords: boot install windows machine login
App Engine Case Studies Features CloudStatus
20 days ago
Paul McDonald and the App Engine Team spent some time gathering some video case studies of developers who have created scalable web applications on Google's App Engine. Included are Dave Westwood o .......
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Blogging Hyperic
Keywords: engine app cloudstatus travis jon
Filed under: HQ BuddyPoke Jon Travis
20 days ago
Paul McDonald and the App Engine Team spent some time gathering some video case studies of developers who have created scalable web applications on Google's App Engine. Included are Dave Westwood o .......
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Kay Hagan and Godless Americans
21 days ago
I received this email from Elizabeth Dole's committee: By now you have probably seen the new TV ad about Kay Hagan and the Godless Americans PAC. [video player image inserted] Kay Hagan fl .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog
Keywords: hagan dole issued campaign godless
Filed under: Politics
21 days ago
I received this email from Elizabeth Dole's committee: By now you have probably seen the new TV ad about Kay Hagan and the Godless Americans PAC. [video player image inserted] Kay Hagan fl .......
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GroovyMag is coming soon…
22 days ago
I'm getting ready to launch GroovyMag - the magazine for Groovy and Grails developers - next week. This will initially be a PDF-only product, tentatively priced at $4.99 - but we may move to print .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog
Keywords: magazine issue launch
Filed under: Grails Java
22 days ago
I'm getting ready to launch GroovyMag - the magazine for Groovy and Grails developers - next week. This will initially be a PDF-only product, tentatively priced at $4.99 - but we may move to print .......
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Michael Kimsal's weblog Keywords: magazine issue launch
Filed under: Grails Java
OpenId Minus Id Equals Wide Open
22 days ago
Martin Atkins : Yahoo!'s OP and now it seems Microsoft?s OP both ignore the value of openid.identity provided to them, and just return an assertion for whatever user?s logged in. I may ultimate .......
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Sam Ruby
Keywords: uri blog concern
22 days ago
Martin Atkins : Yahoo!'s OP and now it seems Microsoft?s OP both ignore the value of openid.identity provided to them, and just return an assertion for whatever user?s logged in. I may ultimate .......
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Sam Ruby Keywords: uri blog concern
The End
22 days ago
Is mtvmusic.com the final end of all productivity on the web? If you don’t hear from me again, you’ll know what happened. I mean, this . This . This . Links: ------ http://www .......
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inessential.com
22 days ago
Is mtvmusic.com the final end of all productivity on the web? If you don’t hear from me again, you’ll know what happened. I mean, this . This . This . Links: ------ http://www .......
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BMT
23 days ago
Today my son is off to 6.5 weeks of Basic Military Training on his way to becoming a Airborne Mission Systems Apprentice . Links: ------ http://www.airforce.com/training/enlisted/index.php .......
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Sam Ruby
Keywords: http://www.airforce.com/training/enlisted/index.php
23 days ago
Today my son is off to 6.5 weeks of Basic Military Training on his way to becoming a Airborne Mission Systems Apprentice . Links: ------ http://www.airforce.com/training/enlisted/index.php .......
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Reverse syndication
23 days ago
I wasn’t going to write about this at first. But it got stuck in my head, and I realized I think it’s pretty cool. The widgets folks are putting together 32 NFL widgets, working w .......
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inessential.com
Keywords: widgets pittsburgh team
23 days ago
I wasn’t going to write about this at first. But it got stuck in my head, and I realized I think it’s pretty cool. The widgets folks are putting together 32 NFL widgets, working w .......
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CBS Takes 'Ex List' Off Schedule
23 days ago
CBS has pulled _The Ex List_ off its schedule, which is good news for my TV Death Pool : Eye has yanked the drama off the sked, effective this Friday. A repeat of _NCIS_ will air in its place. .......
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Workbench
Keywords: list_ _the friday week
Filed under: television,
23 days ago
CBS has pulled _The Ex List_ off its schedule, which is good news for my TV Death Pool : Eye has yanked the drama off the sked, effective this Friday. A repeat of _NCIS_ will air in its place. .......
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Cyber-Cowboy Post-Apocalyptic Kung Fu
23 days ago
I found a great "cyber-cowboy post-apocalyptic fu" music video on another blog this morning. Watch for the appearance of Col. Wilma Deering, the _Planet of the Apes_ Statue of Liberty and the film .......
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Workbench
Keywords: video film music
Filed under: books,
23 days ago
I found a great "cyber-cowboy post-apocalyptic fu" music video on another blog this morning. Watch for the appearance of Col. Wilma Deering, the _Planet of the Apes_ Statue of Liberty and the film .......
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Filed under: books,
Legend of the Seeker premieres this weekend
23 days ago
The television series based on the first novel of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series , Wizard's First Rule, premieres this weekend in syndication. There are a number of folks out there tha .......
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David Raynes
Keywords: novel series
Filed under: News Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth
23 days ago
The television series based on the first novel of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series , Wizard's First Rule, premieres this weekend in syndication. There are a number of folks out there tha .......
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David Raynes Keywords: novel series
Filed under: News Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth