I’m back from my trip but this holiday week will probably slow for links. On the other hand my big project is finally finishing my Movable Type migration. I’ve actually done all the heavy lifting in terms of migrating my old content. The last bit is updating the templates so they look like I want them to look.
I’ll be on a trip with no Internet access until Sunday.
The next time you see a link to a piece at TechCentralStation, bear in mind that the whole site is the publication of a lobbying firm that specializes in Astroturfing.
Not too long ago, The West Wing was my favorite network TV show. How the mighty have fallen. TV critic Rick Kushman captures just what went wrong. (I watched the first couple of episodes this season, but then I bailed out, never to return.)
Tunisian weblogger Zouhair Yahyaoui, who was imprisoned for criticizing his government, has been paroled. Justice was not served in this case but I’m thankful that he’s been released from prison.
Via Anil Dash’s sidebar, this excellent weblog entry explaining the big picture benefits of the productivity gains that are causing so much economic dislocation right now.
Not only is fraud a risk with electronic voting machines, but bugs are as well.
Ed Cone: The Marketing of a President. Cone’s article covers the use of the Web in campaigning, mostly by the Dean campaign. He’s also posting additional information about the story at his weblog.
So, I’ve discovered that I’m going to have a lot of free time on my hands in the near future. That means it’s job hunting season again. Interestingly, I started my current (soon to be former) job in February, 2002. The one before that I started at in January 2000. I’ll be looking for a similar start date in early 2004. I’m a Java developer with more Web experience than you can shake a stick at. Here’s a link to my resume. Any leads are much appreciated. ...
If you’ve never visited the Wikipedia, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Not just because the volume of reference information contained within is staggering, but also because it illustrates how a Wiki tool can be used to best effect. I’ve been reading a biography of Louis XI of France (which I’ll write more about later), and had some questions about some of the people and places mentioned, and Wikipedia has been amazing in answering those questions and in leading in other directions I didn’t even know I was interested in. ...