Lloyd Budd
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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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Tagged Change, Easier, Energy, Faith, Invention, Productivity, Sociology, Technology, Time
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Firefox 3.5 Troll!
The other day my colleague Andy Peatling (BuddyPress lead) tweeted “The lighter part of the Firefox 3.5 logo globe kinda looks like a zombie: http://bit.ly/Mn20l“. Mozilla Firefox 3.5 includes a new logo. But now thanks to Andy, I can’t help … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Faaborg, Andy Peatling, Firefox, Firefox 3.5, Firefox Logo, Humor, Software Easter Egg
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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
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
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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Tagged BC Elections 2009, BC Politics, British Columbia, Elections, Provincial Elections, Voting
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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.
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
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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Tagged Kathy Seirra, WordCamp, WordCamp SF, WordCamp SF 2008, WordPress
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