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May 19th, 2008 by | No Comments »

GMaps is my new hobby; endlessly geekish fun. On the other hand: 24th anniv. of Bob & Doug McKenzie. (If you don’t know’em, take off ehh?) #

May 18th, 2008 by | No Comments »

Google maps geek? Back-country sky/snowboard? Alpinist? Gimme a shout DM, do. #
A diff sort of political campaign. (We failed w/Hussein.) How to snuff the Burmese junta? Let it be known /globally/ that they’re thugs. #
Rule of law: my yuppie cohort shrugs it off cuz they know their interest$. "Following orders" is too frank. They just shrug & dissemble. #
Algae 10 or 100 times better as source of bio-fuel. I said that, too, 20 years ago. My yuppie cohort ignored that, too. #borg #
@mde In my 1 series of email with TimBL (1995) I wondered about how to include snippets into pages. The community produced Frames. *sigh* #

May 17th, 2008 by | No Comments »

"The World’s Next Top Lama" > http://snipurl.com/298y5 < [time.com] see also > http://snipurl.com/298j0 < [nytimes.com] #
Rational society? in a WVirginia Dem focus group, 7 of 12 participants thought Obama was Muslim. Of such as this does calamity arise. #
A new low: Taliban send 10yr old child towards CDN soldiers and set off explosive belt remotely. (And Chinese cut corners on school bldgs.) #
(bis) - "The World’s Next Top Lama" > http://snipurl.com/298y5 < [time.com] see also > http://snipurl.com/298j0 < [nytimes.com] #
How about a meme: globally individuals will vow to withold/suspend any/all payments to Burma: the junta are corrupt barbarians. Boot them! #

May 16th, 2008 by | No Comments »

"Service processor"? *blink* Say what?! > http://snipurl.com/292d2 [havemacwillblog_com] < Oooh! Deep back-end tech rocks steady! #
I guessed it: BBC reporting mystery white-knight riding to Yahoo’s rescue … let the games begin! #
For the record: my views on foreign policy or domestic legislation are irrelevant. But blow off my views on discourse & IT? Philistines. #
Autocracy and rule of law: Chinese schools collapsed because they didn’t meet Chinese building regulations. Then what of treaties? #
For Kagyu.pa HH Karmapa is equiv. to HH Dalai Lama > http://snipurl.com/298j0 < "Young Spiritual Leader Arrives" [nytimes_com] #

May 15th, 2008 by | No Comments »

How’s about let’s try this: some foundational questions concerning social cognition have been mooted. Blow me off? Yaa … _mooted_. #

May 14th, 2008 by | No Comments »

At lunch today I remarked my broken feet kept me from alpine S&R. Coincidence > http://tinyurl.com/4vhvz3 < Storm on Everest #

May 13th, 2008 by | No Comments »

Sea-change strategy: Chinese admin (reportedly) asks HH Dalai Lama to attend the Olympics. "Go big or go home" heh #

May 11th, 2008 by | No Comments »

Nothing like ZaZen for grounding: Spin/Buzz/PR/BS is no fun cuz it’s sophistry, merely "staring down the lion" … no heavy lifting. #borg #
To the liar, the cheat, everyone is dishonest; to the superficial, the phony and fake, actual experience and expertise matter naught. #

May 10th, 2008 by | No Comments »