I’ve had cause to go out and explore what’s out on the Internet to a degree I haven’t since I was freelancing in the late 90s. Even school thus far has been mostly about finding papers than widgetry. While I wait for some large files to transfer in the background, I have a success story [...]
Honesty, Archie style
Archie toddles out of the kitchen.
“Me want chips.”
I look at his full plate, and respond with an offer of chips, could he please take another bite of lunch?
“Not me eat that.”
I ask him if it’s because of the blisters in his mouth (hand foot and mouth disease).
“Yes.”
I ask him if he’s just saying yes to [...]
Flight 68, departing for the rest of the world
I have tickets. In my hand. To a place not remotely America.
After much financial consternation and red-tape, I’m **this** much closer to finding myself on another continent for the first time in my life. The WikiSym 2006 conference is unfortunately going to take me away from Ph.D. orientation week (well, most of it) and [...]