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Rich blogs at: February 07 2012 Biashara StreetFebruary 5, 2012 From WeekendWordsmith.comStep away from theodour of bodies and exhaust into achutney of cardamomcinnamongingergarlicSacks ofcashews overflow ontofloors covered with boxes,cartons,and more heaps of burlap bagsfull of jasmine rice,basmati rice,long brain brown ricefrom exotic places Idream of going, some day.In this quarter mile of dusty streetare gathered all the… read moreJanuary 19 2012 I work from home, and our house is not enormous. When I first started working at home, we put a desk into our bedroom, and got a shoji screen to partition the room into two rooms. It's worked pretty well, but there are some drawbacks to the room layout. The… read moreJanuary 07 2012 Today we discovered that someone had vandalized our property. We have a small clearing down by the creek. Someone has cut down our tire swing (yes, definitely cut) and we found the tire in a little fort, across the property line, built out of the boards with which I built… read moreIT at the University of Cincinnati January 06 2012 On Wednesday evening, I had the great privilege of being invited to the University of Cincinnati to attend the basketball game against Notre Dame, in the President's box at the arena. In attendance, in addition to the President himself, were various people from, or connected with, the IT (Information… read moreJanuary 02 2012 My parents gave me a Mayan calendar for Christmas. It's beautiful, as this photo doesn't really show, and we have it hanging right outside our bedroom.I find that even this early in the year, I'm becoming frustrated by the numerous people spouting nonsense about the Mayan calendar. I can't actually… read moreDecember 29 2011 I had something of an epiphany in the shower this morning. I discovered that I actually agreed with Bradley Kuhn about something.TLDR: Is "the cloud" a threat to Open Source? I stopped working on an Open Source calendaring project because of Google Calendars.Several months ago I attended (part of) a… read moreDecember 22 2011 For the last couple of weeks, I've been posting podcasts to the Sourceforge blog. (You can subscribe to our podcast HERE or in the iTunes store.)Almost everything that I do in the process relies on Open Source software developed at Sourceforge, so I wanted to take a moment to thank… read moreTerrorists and Freedom Fighters December 12 2011 Today is Jamhuri Day - Republic Day - in Kenya, the day when we celebrate Kenya's establishment as a republic in 1964.Yesterday I was reading the Wikipedia article about it, and it stated that the day is often associated with Dedan Kimathi. I found this very odd because I had… read morePrivacy, security, and data integrity in "The Cloud" December 12 2011 The following are thoughts I wrote up in anticipation of Thursday's Ask Slashdot, where I was discussing "The Cloud" with the Slashdot community.The Question: "With so much personal data being kept on the cloud, including government and health records, do you have any concerns about it falling into the wrong… read moreDecember 07 2011 I'll be on "Ask Slashdot" tomorrow, answering questions about "The Cloud" and security. This is not exactly my area of expertise, which hardly means that I am without opinions. Being ignorant gives me free rein to have opinions.I'm reminded, of course, of the last time I was on Slashdot. You'll… read moreDecember 02 2011 I've always loved advent calendars. They help kids deal with the seemingly endless stretch to Christmas. And I love seeing what's behind the next door every morning.This year, I made one. In part, it was an excuse to buy power tools, but also I had a lot of fun making… read moreNovember 26 2011 SpeedometerNovember 26, 2011He already doesn’t watch the road,handlebars weaving about as his eyes areeverywherebut in front.Now he wants a speedometerto gauge the break-neck speedas he hurtles aboutintent on breakingsomething.Anything.Every father’s dilemma:kill the joy,or the son? read moreNovember 25 2011 Yes, I read Twilight. I wanted to be informed before dismissing it as teenage-girl boyfriend/girlfriend tripe masquerading as a vampire novel.So, now that I've read it - it is indeed heavy on the tripe, light on the vampire. After reading Anne Rice, or Dracula, or anything else in that genre,… read moreBuy Now and Save
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