Category Archives: Opinion

Misplaced Faith in the Power of Inventions

From “Why our ‘amazing’ science fiction future fizzled” by John Blake (emphasis mine): Even then [19th-century], people had a misplaced faith in the power of inventions to make life easier, Corn [Joseph Corn, co-author of “Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of … Continue reading

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Book Ends

“Stop starting with hardcovers” eloquently argues Pat Holt. Many people respond on BoingBoing how much they love hardcovers. I don’t care if with the few years publishers have left that they keep starting with hardcovers, as long as they start … Continue reading

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BC 2009, No Election In My Riding, Swan Lake

Advanced voting started today in the BC Provincial Election. I hope to get my vote in tomorrow. There is no contest in my riding Swan Lake. NDP candidate Rob Fleming‘s election will be a land slide! Liberal candidate Jesse McClinton, … Continue reading

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BC Elections 2009, the Political Dance Is Over, the Political Circus Begins

British Columbia, the Canadian province where I live, is in the final weeks of elections. The general election is May 12th. Everyone can vote in advance on their own schedule — which is pretty cool — from May 6th through … Continue reading

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Starting my New Year’s Resolution in February

Foolish people know to wait to start their New Year’s Resolutions till February. Save yourself from the lines, and packed January gyms. Most important, most New Year’s Resolutions fail in January.

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Today is a gift

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.

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First step in theming A Fool’s Wisdom blog?

Inspired by the incredible time I had at An Event Apart San Francisco, I’ve decided to learn a little bit of CSS to actually theme this blog. What should I do first? The last couple of years I’ve had no … Continue reading

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WordCamp Kicking Ass Passionate Video

Any way I put together the title it was this long monstrosity, so I just removed the filler words and then some. So, one of the WordCamp SF sessions that I was eagerly awaiting the video being available to share … Continue reading

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Movable Type Pro, Setting Social Networking Free, Vaporware, WordPress, BuddyPress

Six Apart VP Anil’s response today on the official Six Apart blog to my Movable Type Pro Introduction video parody doesn’t surprise me, but where is the link love?

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