Title of a Phil Wolff comment on Doc Searls’ weblog. Amen! (and, as noted earlier, I haven’t yet joined the TiVo cult)

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My sister Isabel likes tiny books, but this small? In Gold Ink on a Chip, the World’s Tiniest Book is a NYTimes article about this eraser-sized version of the New Testament. They chose 24-karat gold because it not only resists oxidation but looks pretty, even under a microscope. Riigggghhhhttt.

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Just got back. Glad I saw it in the theater, but very glad I didn’t rush. Lots of action, some portentous hints, but lacked the consistency of the first one. Wonder if the November film, Matrix Revolution, will climb back to the heights of the first one.

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An old friend asked for help from several rowing friends in defining ‘swing’ for non-rowers. For rowers, swing is a sensation that occurs (rarely) when the crew feels like it’s going faster than ever, while working less. My friend wanted to explain the feeling in a speech to a bunch of engineers at Intel (team-building…

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Two weeks ago, I finally bought a new digital camera, the Canon PowerShot S400 Digital Elph. More about that another time, but basically, it was more than time. I’ve been yearning to replace the larger, lower-mega-pixel, three-year-old Kodak for at least a year now. Imminent arrival of child #2 finally “justified” the purchase. But what…

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Apparently a teacher has been arrested in the UK for possession of compasses, protractors and rulers. It is claimed he is a member of the Al Gebra movement, possessing weapons of math instruction. I laughed. Someone at work sent it around.

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Found this book on an unused desk at work in a pile of other books. Seemed like it might be interesting. It was, but only mildly. I finished it last night. Typical business book, written in short snippets. Published in November, 1999, and it’s noticeable… still references how CD-ROMs (remember them?) were replaced by the…

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Jon Udell on remembering the basics of what’s important in a Content Management System (CMS). Presentation he gave at OSCOM (Open Source Content Management) conference. From slide 6: “Publishing sensibility vs. engineering sensibility. The irony: publishing is engineering.” From slide 16: “To repeat: technologists don’t think hard enough about the nature of the effort or…

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Humor: If my work blog and this blog were more integrated, this cartoon might be even closer to the truth. I thought it was funny. Parenthood: Few would describe me as a risk-taker, but I found myself nodding my head when reading this essay about how becoming a father really changed the writer’s behavior. I’ve…

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Adrian Holovaty has been documenting his daily search to find the actual email address of those responsible for various news sites. Illuminating, both for his effort to write down why he follows certain paths in his investigation and for the lack of success he’s had to date. His most recent effort was at NYTimes.com, and…

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