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This Blog Is on the Move
I’ve moved this blog from a self-hosted WordPress.org site to WordPress.com, which will require a whole lot less maintenance. I also noticed what’s called a “high degree of latency” on my self-hosted site. That’s fancy talk for it was way … Continue reading
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Permanence of Paper: Letters from Dickens, Burroughs, and Hawthorne
I recently came across the University Archives site, and then promptly got lost in its literary offerings. It’s a testament to the staying power of paper. We’ve all heard about how dastardly ebooks are compared with the paper variety. They … Continue reading
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Max the Cat, 3 Months, Lands a Mega Deal for 81 Books
A cat that lives in my neighborhood, aged 3 months, has won a multi-book deal worth almost 20 dollars. I write in the wee hours of the morning, getting out of bed before sunrise to eek out a few words before heading … Continue reading
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Glacier National Park in Montana
This past week I ventured inland to big sky country, spending most of it in and around Glacier National Park in Montana. It’s huge, and amazingly unspoiled–though the glaciers are sadly little more than remnants of what they were just … Continue reading
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What’s Up with Ticker-Tape Parades?
After coming across multiple references to ticker-tape parades in the last few weeks, I got thinking. How did this whole ticker-tape parade thing ever get started? One of the wonders of the internet is that any question, no matter how … Continue reading
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Halo 2600: Embrace Your Inner Geek
My inner geek got a boost this week when I discovered the best thing to hit the interdweebs so far this year. As Craig Harris originally posted, Halo has been re-imagined for the Atari 2600. The game is pretty simple, … Continue reading
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$2 Portraits Project: Seeing the Unseen
As a friend mentioned in the comments section on my post on The City & the City by China Miéville, you realize how much you intentionally work to unsee, unhear, and even unsmell parts of your day-to-day life as you read … Continue reading
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A Caboodle of Fancy Words from The New York Times
I love how The New York Times embraces the web with their online version of the paper. Apparently, they have a function on their site where if you double-click on any word, a little question mark pops up. Click on … Continue reading
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2010 Webby Awards
The winners of this year’s Webby Awards were announced yesterday, May 4. The full list of nominees in nearly 70 categories is downright amazing, ranging from sites backed by mega corporations, through those bankrolled by celebrities, and then on down to … Continue reading
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Lessons from Three Months of Blogging
This blog launched three months ago today. Not very long in the blogosphere, but long enough for my initial web-hosting package to expire. I first set it up on a whim. Saw the domain was available, click, I owned it. … Continue reading
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