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  • Zen, death, love, and an exorcism.
  • I have heard the toadfish singing.
  • Walking through a shitstorm.
  • Either way, you get your pet back.
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  • A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism
  • We’re Not in This Together | Ajay Singh Chaudhary
  • [Essay] Poem for Harm, by Matthew Zapruder | Harper's Magazine
  • What’s ‘wild swimming’? The perfect antidote to cabin fever
  • ‘A Preventable Catastrophe’
  • Discord Was Once The Alt-Right’s Favorite Chat App. Now It’s Gone Mainstream And Scored A New $3.5 Billion Valuation
  • The Infinite Heartbreak of Loving Hong Kong
  • Guest Blog: From The Mainland to A Marathoner-- My T.I. Journey from Non-Swimmer to Open Water Long Distance - Total Immersion
  • The Hidden History Of Juneteenth
  • Where will you be? Why Black Lives Matter in the Hawaiian Kingdom

Recent books

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Why We Swim
Why We Swim
by Bonnie Tsui

Hitler
Hitler
by Joachim Fest

Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
by Thich Nhat Hanh

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer




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Month: August 2002

Semantic web and RDF overview

8/27/2002 Rough Drafts

This looks like a good introduction to the semantic web and RDF.

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Semantic web and RDF overview

Music sales are down 10%

8/27/2002 Rough Drafts

Music sales are down 10% in the first half of 2002, compared with the same period last year, according to a survey from the RIAA. ‘The study found that consumers who say they are downloading more say they are purchasing less music “by more than 2 to 1,” the RIAA said.’… Read the rest

Music sales are down 10%

Copyright readings

8/27/2002 Rough Drafts

Copyright readings is a useful, ongoing bibliography of articles on copyright, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and related legislation.

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Copyright readings

Living in the Blog-osphere

8/27/2002 Rough Drafts

Just because no blog would be complete without a link to it: Newsweek’s Steven Levy on Living in the Blog-osphere.

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Living in the Blog-osphere

Excellent Udelliana

8/27/2002 Rough Drafts

Thanks to xian on blogistan, I’ve been reading up on old Jon Udell columns:

  • Udell does an in-depth reflection on Userland 8.
  • Udell’s story, from last year, does a great job of explaining how weblogs can be used to marry knowledge and project management.
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    Excellent Udelliana

    How many weblogs?

    8/26/2002 Rough Drafts

    How many weblogs are, there, really? Who knows?

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    How many weblogs?

    Tiny fonts! Aaarghh!

    8/23/2002 Rough Drafts

    Memo from Jakob Nielsen to Web designers: For pity’s sake, please stop using tiny, fixed-size fonts on your pages and CSS (cascading style sheet) designs. Thank you, Jakob!

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    Tiny fonts! Aaarghh!

    Cascading style sheet tutorial

    8/23/2002 Rough Drafts

    Cascading style sheets: Don’t be afraid. Dave Raggett explains CSS in a clear, common-sensical way.

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    Cascading style sheet tutorial

    Invisible Library

    8/23/2002 Rough Drafts

    The Invisible Library catalogs imaginary books.

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    Invisible Library

    DOJ to prosecute individuals

    8/23/2002 Rough Drafts

    DOJ to prosecute individual P2P file traders? Maybe.

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    DOJ to prosecute individuals

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