Less than the half-life of launch-party sashimi
Why not, I once asked Dave Winer, organize your next unconference in IRC, or maybe give up on the time-synch and conference in wiki? Nobody would come, said Dave. Even an unconference is much more than...
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We’re in Norfolk, our suitcase is still in Boston
But I can’t stop smiling. The Democrats won–not just the House but the Senate! It’s not just that the party whose policies I approve and whose leaders I trust is headed to Washington to curb the crazy...
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Danceable foxtrots for the complete, er, wannabe dancer
If you’re rolling up the rug to practice dancing, here are a few tunes to put on a playlist so that you don’t have to keep restarting “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” on the DVD from Complete Idiot’s...
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Hi there, we’re just moving into this new place…
Wow, looks spacious–clean–no cat hair on anything–we’ll, we’ll soon fix that. Cecil Coupe with his MvManila software managed to collect all the posts and all the pictures I created using Manila over...
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Useful: 101 quick dinner ideas for summer
Smoked salmon with horseradish-flavored whipped cream Originally uploaded by betsythedevine Mmm, restaurant food–but that quickly gets old. My quick-dinner fall-back, which I learned about in the...
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Clever but not too crafty fix for old chair
Frank is a physicist–I am an engineer, which means I can’t help looking at all the world to see what practical changes would somehow improve it. Today we walked miles into beautiful Stockholm through...
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I love it that Marks and Sparks apologizes …
Convenient money changing Originally uploaded by betsythedevine … for the inconvenience, on a recent Sunday, to customers who expect to swap pounds for Euros with no waiting, no fuss, and no...
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SciFoo session about “Science 2.0″
George and Esther Dyson Originally uploaded by betsythedevine My plan to have webfolk give “lightning” talks for scientists ended up in the schedule as 9:30 a.m. “lighting” talks.” Nevahtheless, as...
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Old Mac user (me): “What is that funny hole?”
MacPaint (and other) nostalgia: 1 Originally uploaded by betsythedevine ‘So what is that funny hole?” I asked my kind young Mac trainer, pointing at the front of a big Mac Pro tower. Natalya, an...
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Future-gazing with the help of a book store
Frank talking at Reiter’s Scientific Books Originally uploaded by betsythedevine Here you see Frank Wilczek talking at Reiter’s Scientific Books. Aka “Reiter’s Scientific, Professional Technical...
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