On a Cold November Morning

Now seems a good time to set down my personal memories from the events of 40 years ago when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas. I was 6 years old and attending first grade at Lindsborg grade school. Two particular memories stick out for me, and to some degree allow …

During our stay we’ve had a variety of interesting meals; returning to sentimental favorites for the buffet at Ballys and the 10.99$ steak and lobster at the Stardust, plus a nice dinner at Postrio. The first two places still met expectations (and I did get enough of the peeled shrimp at Ballys); Postrio delivered …

I just noted, after reviewing my movabletype log, that mt-blacklist has already blocked at least 4 comment spam attempts. Yeah! Temporary victory or no, it’s still one to be savored.

Having been a mac owner for less than 2 months (15″ pbook; love it!) I was pleased when a recent tip of mine was …

Mark Pilgrim presented an excellent overview of the fairly new blogging API known as atom at Apachecon on Monday. Created earlier this summer in a whirlwind of wiki activity (one that I hold up at work as an example of how much can be accomplished using wiki technology), atom’s modern, flexible approach to …

On Saturday we continued our journey, leaving Bishop after an always pleasing stop at Schat’s Bakery. The variety of baked goods there is amazing and the quality is top-notch.

North of Lone Pine we took time to drive through the camp at Manzanar, where Americans of Japanese descent were interned during WWII. …

We’re spending a couple of days on the eastern side of the Sierras before heading over to Las Vegas for the Apachecon conference. We spent a nice day on the road between Bishop and Bridgeport today, checking out the hot springs near Mammoth and Bridgeport and taking a quick spin up by Twin Lakes …

In the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month … more deaths were reported in Iraq. As it was, shall it ever be: old men send in young men to fight their wars. Occasionally (WWII) this is an appropriate course of action. All too often, however, warfare serves only …