Monthly Archives: June 2008

The earth sings

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Karl

Mark Morford, at SFGate, in April, wrote a lyrical, powerful piece about music the Earth itself is generating: “In other words, you love loud punk? Metal? Jazz? Deep house? Saint-Saens with a glass of Pinot in the tub? Sure you … Continue reading →

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Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Karl

Dan Rodney has a great list of OS-X shortcut keys, including the (to these Windows learned eyes) foreign menu symbols that can be so confusing at first glance: Mac Central.

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George Carlin wouldn’t want the eulogies

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Karl

But they will be unavoidable today. So all I will say is when I get home tonight from work, I’m going to have a good drink in his name. You made us laugh. And think. At the same time. We’ll … Continue reading →

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In my thoughts

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Karl

Doc Searls has been blogging from the hospital these past few days and its been at times frightening and at times heartening to follow as each days up and downs are shared. Doctors have found three pancreatic cysts, but should … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back Shelley Powers

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Karl

Shelley Powers is blogging about her latest book at Painting the Web, about all things society and tech at RealTech, on personal matters at Just Shelley, and about Missouri at MissouriGreen Her latest posts at

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Two Interesting Visualizations

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Karl

Boing Boing: Death and Taxes, and a Boing Boing story code_swarm

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Back Surgery in Philadelphia – To Do It Or Not

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Karl

So much conflicting research! ABC News: Back Surgery Can Quickly Relieve Pain MedicineNet.com: Back Pain Often Ends Without Surgery

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Two links on content management

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Karl

Advogato: Advogato: The Myth that Content Management is easy Rajiv Pant (my old boss at KRD): Future of Content Management for News Media for Web sites Related: Artima: The Importance of Model-View Separation

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The single most important skill for a software engineer

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Karl

“How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python”: The goal of this book is to teach you to think like a computer scientist. This way of thinking combines some of the best features of mathematics, engineering, and natu- … Continue reading →

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Two from Yahoo!

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Karl

Webmonkey: Get Started With the Yahoo HTTP Geocoder API Yahoo! User Interface Blog: Patterns for Designing a Reputation System and more at their Design Pattern Library.

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