Archive for July, 2004
Saturday, July 31st, 2004
The Hon. Stephen ColbertTo celebrate possibly getting some work, I decided it was time to expand. I need to hire some writing talent so that I can focus on the technical aspects of the business. No sooner had I thought this, when I bumped into Stephen Colbert of ...
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Friday, July 30th, 2004
I finally got a small contract job! Maybe! Kinda! Hopefully! But it's a small one (couple hours' work). C'mon, people, check me out! No, seriously, check me out. I am a programmin' fool. Let me give you an example.
I was once approached ...
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Friday, July 30th, 2004
I have been dismayed, of late, to see who's backing away from the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq. I don't mean to pick on manasclerk, but his recent post about Richard Clark's book got me thinking about this.
I can understand why liberals are up in arms about this ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2004
My friend John, of Belfry, The, is a believer in synchronicity. I believe in synchronicity too, but John sees it all the time. Occasionally it clocks me upside the head, and I think I see something. For instance, John blogged recently about spiders (shudder), and just a ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2004
<stream type="consciousness">My brother is a web analytics specialist, and we were discussing the recent spate of traffic to chezJoel.com. I facetiously referred to "anawebalitics." Transcript of our conversation follows ("Dysprositos" is me):
[09:00] mymo: Webalitics. I like that
[09:01] Dysprositos: it sounds more like a religion than a science
[09:01] mymo: First ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
I'm back at the Blue Bottle again, sucking down latte, and burning up wifi. I am tired, and am using this moment to reflect on a three day run of productivity that has left me in an exhausted, but pleasant haze. I use the word "productivity" euphemistically: three ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
I do not write for you, my friend,
Not anymore.
Used to send one poem off chasing another
Every other week.
Like paper boats they floated,
My words crowding their decks, bravely waving
To devoted wishers-well.
Wrote good thoughts, too.
I cached those away like stamps or butterflies
Or quaint pewter buttons from Colonial times.
Then we used to chat
Of ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
John McAdams and Co.'s new blog Belfry, The has fascinating entries which run the gamut from offbeat to profound. John and his associates have rushed into their site's launch like a fruit bat on christmas pudding; they have eleven posts as of this writing, and only opened their doors ...
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Monday, July 26th, 2004
Yesterday I had 5 hours of driving to do, and I somehow began musing on chaos. "A butterfly flaps it's wings in Brazil, and there is a tornado in Texas." Small variations in initial conditions produce large variations in outcome. This concept of chaos theory has been demonstrated ...
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Sunday, July 25th, 2004
I am human;
I,
Stepping quickly into the best possible light,
Juggle my sins to my offhand before I shake yours.
I,
Gathering my favorite judges around us,
Smile humbly as they wind me up.
I,
Bidding them be silent with ears like desert gulches awash in flattery,
Cast down my eyes as my shoulders rise.
I,
With a maid’s blush ...
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