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Just a Little Bit Facebooked

Technorati Tags: Facebook, social computing, social grid, social silos, orcmid, internet surveillance, privacyWhen I said “I will Facebook no more Forever” in December 2007, I meant it.  I really meant...

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The Fate of Microsoft Outlier Customers

Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Encarta, OneCare, Money, software longevity, trustworthiness, Maps, Works, MSNI recently noticed that three of my favorite Microsoft products are to be no more: Windows...

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Let It Rain, Let It Rain …

Technorati Tags: Seattle, weather, rain, drought, Summer [Update 2009-06-19-08:47 –0700 (pdt) Let this be the end of silliness about rain-free-days records.  There was a steady though light rain...

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Amma Vicki and the Monks

Technorati Tags: Amma Vicki, Victoria E. Hamilton, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Sadhaka Tejadevanatha, Bothell WAOn Wednesday, June 17, 2009, Bodhinatha came from the Kauai Hindu Monastery to the...

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I Blog, Therefore I Am

Technorati Tags: Orcmid's Lair, Professor von Clueless in the BlunderDome, Numbering Peano, Pursuing Harmony, Spanner Wiingnut's Muddleware Lab, Orcmid's Live Hideout, blog themes  This is different...

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Sympathy Strike: Don’t Gag the Net

OK, considering the usual loud silence on this blog, posting an image calling for a blogging strike today is a touch contradictory.   I will say just a litle more.  The badge calls for an Italian...

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Productivity: This Is Not a Kanban

Technorati Tags: productivity, personal kanban, kanban, agile Jim Benson, David Anderson, GTD, TROSince I cleaned up my work space somewhat last March, my attention to productivity techniques and...

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Friday Cat Picture: The Return of Shmoo Cat

Technorati Tags: cat, cats, Friday Cat pictures, West SeattleI started calling a neighborhood cat the Shmoo Cat based on this encounter back in April, 2005.  She wanders through the yard from time to...

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Friday Cat Photo: Flying Cats

Technorati Tags: cats, Friday cat photo, paper bag, rubber stampThis image of flying cats came into our house on a paper bag from a local produce market.  We have no idea what’s behind this.

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Mornings in the Temple of Perpetual Reconsideration

Technorati Tags: civil society and democracy, Seattle, Washington State, King CountyIn a fit of governmental economy and limelight avoidance, King County in Washington State has gone to mail balloting...

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On Facebook: Just a Little Bit Pregnant

Technorati Tags: Facebook, social networking, Kyte.tv, Pandora, Flickr, orcmid, Linked-In, Twitter, social grid, presence, attention, Windows Live, Skype, FishbowlGrudging and Limited Acceptance of...

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Annual Dusting and Cleaning

Technorati Tags: Blogger, NetworkedBlogs, FacebookI am working at having everything of mine present on Facebook, but without Facebook having sole custody.This is part of my desire to be present and...

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2010: You Say Two Thousand Ten, I Say Twenty Ten

del.icio.us Tags: Blogger, Orcmid's_Lair, blog_maintenance, 2010, system_incoherenceWe all say Happy New Year!This first post for 2010 brings more blog-template cleanup.  I need to post something to...

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Microsoft Office 2010 Coming to Our House

Technorati Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 2010, Tablet PC, SOHO Computing, Dekstop PC, Windows 7, Microsoft Works, FrontPage, OneNoteI just noticed the reaction to the new Microsoft Office 2010...

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The February Frights Begin

Technorati Tags: Blogger, computer upgrades, web development, blog authoring, Tablet PC, Windows 7, mobile working, Windows Home ServerMy computer infrastructure seems to be falling apart.  February is...

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Document-Security Theater: When the Key is More Valuable than the Lock

Technorati Tags: security theater, OpenDocument Format, OOXML Format, cryptographic hashing, spreadsheet protection, password hashing[update 2010-02-13T18:01Z  I think one reason folks turn up their...

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Abstraction: Einstein on Mathematics+Theory+Reality

Technorati Tags: Albert Einstein, physics, formalized theories, interpretations of theories, reality, abstraction, models of theories, empiricism[update 2010-02-23T19:46Z I had to change the title of...

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Worst Nightmare: OpenDocument Format Embraced-Extended

Technorati Tags: open standards, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft, Sun, ODF, private extensions, Boycott NovellOnce upon a time, there was a celebrated open-standards process and it brought forth...

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February Frights Redux: Unification for Creative Destruction

Technorati Tags: Blogger, computer upgrades, web development, blog authoring, Tablet PC, Windows 7, mobile working, Windows Home ServerI have moved from February Frights to April Insecurity. Here’s an...

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OOXML Implementation: Can Expectations Ever Trump Reality?

Technorati Tags: open standards, Microsoft, OOXML Format, ISO/IEC JTC1 SC34 WG4, IS 29500, ECMA 376, OOXML strict, OOXML transitionalI was startled to see the level of passion in Alex Brown’s...

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