October 2007
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Boo
I’m not only missing Red Sox celebrations in Boston, but also Halloween in both New England and our other home in Santa Barbara. Every year there we’ve enjoyed the annual Halloween Journey at the Waldorf School. Still, we have memories. And photos. Here’s one photo from the last year’s Journey, with linkage to the whole… Continue reading
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Following quake news
Been following the Alum Rock #earthquake via Twitter. Not surprisingly, the USGS (United States Geological Survey) front page has no news about it, even on its newsroom page, where the most recent item is a promo for a podcast recorded Monday. But the USGS in fact has lots of stuff. Here’s a map showing all… Continue reading
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Fun with in-line graphics
One of the more odd and fun facts about the way the Web works is that the graphics (or whatever) you use on your web page can be running live from somewhere else. So, say somebody runs a graphic image off your server in their web page? What are the possibilities? That is, for you?… Continue reading
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From curse to cursory
We picked a great time to move to Boston: just as all the major sports teams — in an awesome sports town — are peaking, big time. And I picked the worst time to be gone for two weeks. First I miss the whole final game while flying to London. (While The Kid misses it… Continue reading
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True, and cool
Craig Smith: The road to the Academy Awards now goes through Santa Barbara. Continue reading
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And the market, while we’re at it
Dana Blankenhorn: Dump the Silo Model. His gist (quoted in the long because by shortening it I risk leaving out his full thrust and the importance of it. Bob Frankston says we should all own our own infrastructure. Bob Cringely calls for people to own their own last mile. I agree, but I’m… Continue reading
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F-Mobile
Made it to München. Munich. It’s kinda fun to dust off what little Deutch remains, forty years after I finished taking three years of it in high school, including the first year twice, then gave most of it back when I was done. Beautiful airport, München. Wish it was clear enough to see the Alps,… Continue reading
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Err line
So I’m sitting on the floor near Gate 8 in Terminal 1 at JFK, propped like a doll against a pole between a trash can and the only power outlet in the whole concourse, near as I can tell.* People wear strange looks when they walk over to dump something down the hole next to… Continue reading
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Let’s help the humans
Sitting at Britt‘s place (on his birthday, no less… happy birthday, dude!), talking with Tom Stites, who just said — approximately, but this is close enough — that VRM is about “rehumanizing” business. I love that. Because it’s about equipping individuals, rather than just businesses. For the good of both. But the “—ization happens by,… Continue reading
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The Time Before Land
The Universe is 13.7 billion years old, give or take. Earth, and the Solar System, are 4.6 billion years old, pretty much. That means our planet has been around for a little over a third of the history of the Universe. The Sun is a Population I star: one with high metal content, formed from… Continue reading
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On the roads
Taking a train to New York, shortly (and briefly). Then it’s London, Denver (for Defrag), London and back. Two weeks, total. Expect light blogging. Continue reading
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Old nudes
Mike Taht pulls the pants off a CNN talking-head feature, and asks, Whatever happened to the ideal of journalism being: to report the news? When did actors get equal time against their interviewees? Deborah Tannen unpacked the Them vs. Them mentality of mainstream “journalism” almost ten years ago in The Argument Culture. For the likes… Continue reading
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Answering questions about Facebook, Microsoft and Identity
What does the Microsoft “partnership” with Facebook mean for users? I just posted that question, and angles toward some answers, over at Linux Journal. In part the post also addresses Jeremiah Owyang’s post, How Microsoft got their Passport afterall. Jeremiah’s right to worry about What Microsoft is Up To here. He also has a good… Continue reading
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Calling all Beowulfs
Over at Linux Journal, I just posted Maybe UCANN school ICANN on whois. It begins, Raise your hand if you use whois every day. Even if your hand isn’t up, and you just regard whois as am essential sysadmin tool, this post is for you. Because if you’re interested in keeping whois working… Continue reading
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San Diego Fire Map at 10am today
As with yesterday’s map, this is a .jpg I put together from this .pdf at the San Diego County Emergency Homepage. Click on it to see it in full size. Other sandiegofire maps are at taoe.org, map.sdsu.edu. and SignOnSanDiego.com. Here’s the latest Ranch Fire map. And, speaking of the demand side supplying, dig Network News… Continue reading
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Red Sox Rout
The Red Sox are up 12-1 in the bottom of the 5th, an inning that’s lasted half an hour, with runners advancing nearly every at-bat. Eight out of nine starters have at least one run. Two out right now, bases loaded. The reliever just walked a guy home. 13-1. Reminds me of a story from… Continue reading
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Supply and Demand that Supplies
Dave: “I have a theory that ‘user generated content’ is a last-gasp of the regal outlook of silicon valley, where we’re all chumps or slaves.” (Before UGC we were just supposed to be eyeballs, consuming their shovelware, buying stuff we see in ads. They had to adjust their thinking when it became apparent that… Continue reading
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How to be a Boston Driver
1) Ignore traffic rules. They are advisory and not binding, unless a cop wants to get technical. 2) Drive in the middle. You need to keep your options open. If a rare dotted line actually marks a boundary between lanes, straddle it. 3) Don’t look for street signs. They aren’t there. Only side streets have… Continue reading
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How to be a Boston pedestrian
1) Cross any street, anywhere, any time. Your species was here first. The fast metal things just have to adapt. 2) Don’t look left or right. Stay with your purpose. You’re here to cross the road. Nothing else matters. 3) Ignore pedestrian traffic signals. The little white walking guy and the red hand are displayed… Continue reading
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Or just call it the School of Marketingism and be done with it
Northwestern’s Medilll School of Journalism has long been in the first rank of J-schools, right up there with Columbia, Missouri, Berkeley, Texas, Michigan… In fact, Google puts Medill right behind those, in that order, in a search for “School of Journalism”. Yet here’s Medill committee to explore suggestions for new name, in The Daily Northwestern.… Continue reading