Year: 2005
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Citizen editors
“So for all the talk of citizen journalists, another need is citizen editors — the people who filter data and turn it into information.” [Chuq Von Ruspach]
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Radio gets stuck
I don’t read my own blog that often, so I don’t always notice that the posts I’m making here on the desktop aren’t making it to the website automagically. Usually, quitting and restarting Radio Userland will do the trick. Or maybe editing and re-publishing this time will do the trick.
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Opinions are like…
That phrase in its entirety isn’t worth repeating, but the sentiment lives on. Except that you can replace the word “opinions” with “social bookmarking services” and continue on your merry way. While reading What’s Wrong with Commas, Anyway?, I learned about another one, Simpy.com. Of course, I already know about Spurl, Furl, del.icio.us, del.irio.us, connotea,…
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Dave Brubeck makes me smile
I rarely listen to music, but Dave Brubeck just makes me smile. I have only a few albums, and only one ripped to iTunes, The Great Concerts. Maybe it’s lowest common denominator jazz, but sure sounds like the highest form of sound to me.
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Movie: The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
It’s been so long since I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that I felt little concern about seeing the movie this evening. I wasn’t worried that it “wouldn’t be true to the book” or anything purist like that because I could remember only the barest outline of events… and, having seen the movie,…
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Movie: The Interpreter
Last week we enjoyed a mid-week night out to see The Interpreter. I really liked this film. I won’t try and put too much into that, but there you are. One ridiculous point, from the film’s website (Flash, everyone’s favorite): The Interpreter is the first movie to be granted the honor of being able to…
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Book: Sharpe’s Enemy
Bernard Cornwell notes that the action Sharpe’s Enemy is entirely fictional. Not bad. I don’t mind a bit of license taken in the name of entertainment when it comes off well. My only lingering quibble is that Obadiah Hakeswill dies his second death in this book. I preferred the death by snake from Sharpe’s Fortress…
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Book: Sharpe’s Sword
Sharpe’s Sword gives our hero the chance to cuckold a Spaniard married to a French spy. Oh, and Wellington wins the battle of Salamanca in 1812. I realized why these novels are reading faster and faster. Bernard Cornwell uses stock paragraphs (pages?) to describe certain things in each book. Of course, there is little reason…
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The spectrum for RSS content is broader than you imagine
Scoble ranks types of RSS feeds by what they include, but he misses a few points along the line. Headline-only feeds with ads are his worst. I would ask… worse than no feeds at all? As fast as things are changing, the lack of a feed or feeds is still an issue for many, many…
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Stop all attempts to impose a tax on pedestrians and cyclists on the Golden Gate Bridge
I’m not politically active, and I rarely share my opinions in a public forum, though I vote every time. But I do find the occasional issue which rouses me. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, please join me (and many others) in opposing a pedestrian/bicyclist tax on the Golden Gate Bridge. The…