Tag Archives: blogging

Hidden City Philadelphia on the S.S. United States

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Karl

Hidden City Philadelphia, a blog you should be reading if you’re not, has a few recent posts on the S.S. United States including pictures and an interview with Steven Ujifusa who recently had a book published about the ship. Hidden … Continue reading →

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“Say what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.”

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Karl

I went on an interesting journey online last night that led me to the source of the above phrase, a poem on mortality, entropy, memory… and databases. Yes, you read that right. I read Tor.com’s wonderful blog almost once a … Continue reading →

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Favorite blog of the moment: Letters of Note

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Karl

Every few days there is a post here that makes me take a moment and pause and it is so worth it: Letters of Note

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Life and Code: a blog to follow

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Karl

I’ve really been enjoying Lisa William’s blog titled “Life and Code” and think it’s a great one for your RSS reader every day. She started to blog to document her passage to a programmer who can toss together an app … Continue reading →

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The 99 Percent: a blog to follow

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Karl

Tumblr and WordPress hosted blogs are home to an always ever growing source of inspiration. Check out “We are the 99 Percent”, hand written stories of struggle, fear, and hope. Related: Metafilter: “We are the 99 percent.” Washington Post: “‘Occupy … Continue reading →

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Joy bigger than the universe, and sorrow for a lifetime

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Karl

Absolute must read – Jennifer Lawler: “For Jessica”. The latest: “A vigil for Jessica”: Now, between the crisis and the catastrophe, you know you should lift a glass of champagne, but you have failed to lay in supplies yet again. … Continue reading →

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Hope you are well Shannon

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Karl

I was going through my song library tonight, strumming my guitar, and ran into one of Shannon Campbell’s (now Shannon Gunn) old tunes, “Less Like You” from around 02 or so. “Pet Rock Star”, it was good to hear your … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to it Dan

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Karl

Inquirer: Dan Rubin: “Sharing the Blinq”

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TypePad AntiSpam count so far: 31700

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Karl

That’s over the past year. I’ve modified some settings to get more aggressive, and have a few other countermeasures going, but I still get too much spam to manage for a personal site. 25 messages in the past 15 minutes … Continue reading →

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Some recent innovation in blogging

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Karl

The Permalinks for paragraphs over at Press Think (mouse over the end of any paragraph for the link). More at Nieman Labs and Scripting News (who has had this for a long time). Congrats to Jay Rosen on the relaunch … Continue reading →

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