Archive for August 2008

White Folks for Obama

In Life, Politics, Stories on 27 August 2008 with 9 comments

One of the many things I love about my dear wife is her patronage of the arts. After too many years living in cities, I’ve got my defenses up when we’re out on the street. But Heather loves artists and will usually buy from someone selling their work.
Over a year ago, we were walking down [...]

Operators are standing by

In Fray on 26 August 2008 with Comments Off

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The Caladium Project

In Gardening, Life on 21 August 2008 with 9 comments

I love growing orchids, and I’ve had some luck with it. But orchids are the toy poodles of indoor growing - fussy and high maintenance. Sometimes you just want a big slobbery mutt.
So a few months ago I asked my dad what plant he thought had the most beautiful leaves. Dad’s an amazing green-thumb and [...]

links for 2008-08-21: Raising ’Cain

In Links on 21 August 2008 with Comments Off

Why I Will Not Vote for John McCain
Written by a fellow veteran and POW. When I read it, the sidebar ad was for McCain.
(tags: McCain Politics)

Andrew Sullivan: Does Bush Believe McCain Was Tortured?
"In the Military Commissions Act, McCain acquiesced to the use of these techniques against terror suspects by the CIA. And so the tortured [...]

links for 2008-08-19: Links and Editors

In Links on 19 August 2008 with Comments Off

How Newsrooms Throw Away Value By Not Linking To Sources On The Web - Publishing 2.0
I remember the huge debates at HotWired about linking within the stories. That was 1996. I can't believe journos are still freaked out about this. The link is the essential element of the web. Embrace it and the web will [...]

Three Tales of Trolls

In Trolls on 11 August 2008 with 13 comments

Sometimes things happen in threes. I recently read these stories and, maybe it’s just me, but I think they share a common thread.

NY Times: Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling
A growing subculture has a fluid morality and a disdain for pretty much everyone else online. By Mattathias Schwartz.
The New Yorker: Annals of Crime: The [...]

Linden Lane, Flickr Wow, and BRB

In Life, Photos on 1 August 2008 with 2 comments

Today I dropped by Blue Bottle on Linden Lane to recaffientate and noticed a particularly awesome wall of, well, let’s call it “user-generated, collaborative, public art.” I snapped a photo and sent it off to Flickr and went on with my day.
Tonight I got a mail through Flickr from the artist behind the “Just Married” [...]