gee, can you vague that up for me?
Jul 31 2008
“I do understand the importance of the computer. I understand the importance of the blogs,” McCain said. “I use a computer almost every day….”* He also uses email — by having his staff show them to him. Well, I guess that now Stevens is getting ousted, the technical dept. of the Republican party figured they [...]
Jul 29 2008
I have decided that part of my problem is I am midway between being a pretty good secretary for other people’s projects, and desperately needing a secretary myself. I have been having a hard time focusing ever since I came back. Bah.
Jul 28 2008
1. What is the name for that particular kind of malaise when you just can’t be bothered to do anything? “Vandalism? Someone else will revert it. Pernicious edit war over 13th Century Persian figures? Who cares, really; they’ll sort themselves out.” I suppose this is how most people feel about the site most of the [...]
Jul 27 2008
I have been editing so long that I may have forgotten how to write. —- My weekend, so far, has been lovely. It’s a warm day outside, nearly perfect, deep blue sky; inside it’s cool with the A/C cranked up and rice cooking on the stove. I’ve been having productive mornings since I got back, [...]
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Jul 26 2008
Wikimania 2008: a success. Thanks everyone: I got home late thursday after a 16 hour journey in a 26 hour day; went to work the next day and the farmer’s market, but haven’t done too much else. Am curled up today with computer, laundry and a sore throat, happy to be home. I will catch [...]
Jul 21 2008
Are crazy in Alexandria; they swerve in and out of traffic with all the other minibuses and cars, the people crossing and standing in the street, the vendors and the occasional horse-drawn cart. No one slows down for anyone. Pedestrians walk in front of cars who blithely ignore this fact; taxis stop suddenly; instead of [...]
Jul 08 2008
Money can buy you lots of things, like an MP3 player shipped overnight from an online store the day before a 10-hour flight. On the other hand, it cannot buy you out of procrastination, or an impending sense of doom; and we all know money can’t buy you love. What money is useful for, however, [...]