i'm at a loss to explain exactly why, but if i were to have a personal soundtrack that perfectly molded itself to the nooks and crannies of my head, amon tobin's "out from out where" would come close to fitting the bill. this is made all the more odd, since more than one person has commented that listening to the album is equivalent to being poked in the eye with a sharp stick.
HOWTO: Encrypting a users's home directory on Mac OS X:
"This document explains how to place a user's home directory on an encrypted device image (DMG) under Mac OS X 10.1 or later. This is useful to ensure that all the files for the user you decide to encrypt are safe from prying eyes. This document will be of interest to attorneys, doctors, programmers, or anyone else who has sensitive documents (personal files, tax documents, secret or classified documents, etc). Placing the entire user's folder on an encrypted disk ensures that every file belonging to that user will be encrypted (as long as it is saved within their home directory). This includes many log files, preference files, email, AIM or ICQ logs, internet history and cache, etc."
thanks to eric vitiello for pointing out an entity encoding problem with my snowdeal foaf file and reminding me that there is a rdf validator available. everything is all fixed-up and i'm literally on the foaf map .
in honor on my non-new-year's-resolution, i've
started trying to get my head around the
"friend of a friend"
or foaf project by whipping up my very own
snowdeal foaf
file, using the simple interface provided via
foaf-a-matic.
i've only just begun tinkering, but i think i correctly added
nearest airport
support. and while i tend to be stingy about putting badges on the
site, if you scroll down on the right side of the page you'll see a
banner which i copped from
leslie.
what's all this good for? well, i'm not quiet sure yet, that's what tinkering is for.
i'm not one for making new year resolutions, but if i were, it might sound a great deal like matt's:
"A year or two ago I read an interview with Groening, and when asked about any regrets he had, he mentioned not delivering on ideas, not completing things he started, and generally leaving good ideas aside until he completely forgot them.
His answers resonated with me, and I figured one of my resolutions for 2003 was to deliver on ideas instead of resting on my laurels.
to kick it off he's given the world ticketstubs .
alright kids! it's time for another exciting game of "You Might Be Old When..."
you might be old when it's well into new year's eve and you still painting trim while purposefully listening to jazz you're pretty sure your grandfather listened to in-between ball games. you know the kind. wood blocks and xylophones.
my grandmother, who lives deep in downeast maine, recently got a computer and e.mail. it's really quite a treat to get e.mail from her, since i'm notoriously, horrendously terrible at remembering to take the time to call. it's also very interesting to see how her e.mail "voice" is different than here letter "voice".
no word yet on whether or not she's a fan of the site :-)
The Wireless Commons Manifesto:
"We have formed the Wireless Commons because a global wireless network is within our grasp. We will work to define and achieve a wireless commons built using shared spectrum, and able to connect people everywhere. We believe there is value to an independent and global network which is open to the public. We will break down commercial, technical, social and political barriers to the commons. The wireless commons bridges one of the few remaining gaps in universal communication without interference from middlemen and meddlers."
of course, one person's meddling middleman is another persons value-added service provider.
reading mark pilgrim's follow-up on his use of the "cite" tag makes me wish there was a bit of markup to signify a "blogbite":
"if you have million-dollar markup, you don't need million-dollar code, and vice versa."
every now and again i get an e.mail asking why i don't have comments on the vast wasteland. i've been waffling for years on whether or not to implement a comments, so i guess it's time to take a poll.
if you'd like to see comments on the site, send me an e.mail. i guess some people are away for the holidays, so maybe i'll ask again in january.
i forgot to mention that despite a
lack
of perceived demand
for rss 2.0 in
xml::rss
, i sent
rafe
a quick email and he
rewarded my laziness
by
committing a patch
to produce valid 2.0 feeds.
i still haven't decided
why
i'd want to produce a 2.0 feed, but at least the option is there.
thanks to
rafe
for submitting the code.
if you're looking to gain a whole new
perspective on life, there's nothing like standing in a small,
poorly ventilated room filled with oil-based primer fumes.
i feel similar to the way i felt after a long day of doing ether
extractions in advanced o-chem. i remember my professor's sage
advice - if you look in your lab book and you don't recognize your
name on the page, it's time to take a break. happily i guess, i
didn't quiet reach that state today, although i did find it harder
and harder to grasp the brush as the hours wore on.
only the strong brain cells survive.
look snazzy and support the site at the same time by buying some snowdeal schwag!
“The stranger has been a fundamental touchstone of cultures at least since Abraham and Sarah invited weary road travelers into their tent only to find out that they were angels in disguise. The Odyssey, too, is a meditation on strangers and hospitality: Odysseus experiences different ways of being a stranger on his way home while the suitors abuse every rule of hospitality in his own house. It's easy to see why strangers are so important: a culture's attitude towards them expresses its understanding of its position in the world of social groups. In our culture, we're suspicious of strangers. They're a threat. They lurk in shadows. On the Web, however, strangers are the source of everything worthwhile. Strangers and their utterances are the stuff of the Web.”
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