A Work In ProgressHistory is nothing more than a vast collection of todays.Step One: Test- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Here's the deal: I'm definitely going to migrate this site to MovableType. I'll document the process later, I promise, but here's the first test (let's call it half an hour of effort). Please note that this is not the final destination. In doing this, I think I have some better ideas on migration that won't fudge the links, or lose my titles. After that, I'll see if I can get comments, too.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/07/31.html#a434 Bullies In Action- (Found June 24, 2008 ) So we're at Blockbuster, picking up a couple of movies for the weekend. There is a man renting a video in the line next to us. Our cashier is trying to figure out the confusing combination of coupons that I'd brought, so I'm able to listen to the cashier next to us explain that there is a balance of $4.25 on the man's account. The man begins to explain, repeatedly, that he dropped the video off right at noon. He went to the pizza place for lunch next door. He made a special trip. He dropped it.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/02.html#a444 Opinions- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Two from the oped page of this morning's paper. I wonder when news media will begin looking to weblogs for content on their printed pages Because, frankly, I've seen both of these opinions stated elsewhere over the past couple of weeks (especially the Orwell bit). War in Iraq A revealing set of hearings Bush's words cast an Orwellian shadow across Americahttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/03.html#a445 Setec Astronomy- (Found June 24, 2008 ) First spotted on Geodog's blog, Judge orders U.S. government to release names of 911 detainees.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/03.html#a446 (Untitled)- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Anniversary PlansThanks to the travel section of the Sunday morning paper, Melissa and I have a destination for our anniversary. It'll just be a weekend getaway, but still. Should be nice.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/05.html#a457 (Untitled)- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Two From TimMorning reading finds a couple of good links from Geodog. First, a solid summary of Bush's assault on civil liberties: 1) passion for secrecy; 2)arrogation of power to self; and 3) cynical motivation. Also, he's been recently added to The Lefty Directory.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/05.html#a456 Knowledge Streaming- (Found June 24, 2008 ) A term that I've heard quite often over the years -- especially as a consultant, brought in to build some system or another for clients -- is "knowledge transfer." It's not quite an afterthought, but it does tend to get lumped into some of the marginal project deliverables like documentation and testing. The feeling is that it's a one-time thing. Your developer sits down with our developer for half a day maybe, explaining where everything is and any potential roadblocks. There's a mind-lock,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/04.html#a455 Bagel-rific- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Yummers: Bruegger's everything bagel, toasted, with veggie cream cheese.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/04.html#a454 And So The Race for 2004 Begins- (Found June 24, 2008 ) The NYT (registration, etc.) has an editorial from Al Gore:The economic debate, now as then, is fundamentally about principle. The problem is not that Mr. Bush and Dick Cheney picked the wrong advisers or misunderstood the technical arguments, but that their economic purpose was and is ideological: to provide $1.6 trillion in tax giveaways for the few while pretending they were for the many, and manipulating the numbers to make it appear that the budget surplus would be preserved. It was...http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/03.html#a453 Zut Alors- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Watched Amelie again tonight. What a joy. If it wasn't already so late, I'd pop The Double Life of Veronique into the VCR. Perhaps tomorrow.http://radio.weblogs.com/0101146/2002/08/03.html#a452 |