Archive for the ‘Meanwhile’ Category

The Hazel Wood

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, And hooked a berry to a thread; And when white moths were on the wing, And moth-like stars were flickering out, I dropped the berry in a stream And ...

Pot, Kettle, Black

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Check out this headline: China says it opposes threatening Iran with war Now check this out: China renews Taiwan threat of war Or this: China Threatens War Escalation Over Bush Handshake Or this: China Threatens War With Taiwan by 2008 Maybe if China backs off on saber-rattling Taiwan then we can talk about your Iran concerns... UPDATE: It ...

Creating a TextMate Drag Command for xml-stylesheet

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Applying CSS to an XML file is easy, well supported in modern browsers, and can be quite handy at times. For instance, slap some lipstick on that RSS feed. Sick of the tag soup of HTML-land? Make the switch to pure XML web pages with xml-stylesheet! And now a quick tip ...

8 Random Things

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

I've been hit with a meme. I usually ignore these. It's like getting hit with a tax bill. Or a subpoena. But for a couple of reasons I'm following up on this one. First of all, it came about because of very special circumstances that are close to me - ...

How has it come to this?

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

How is it that the person who wrote one of my favorite blog posts of all time on the issues of positive thinking and positive association, has become the victim of threats that cross all sorts of lines. Whatever the details on this huge controversy are, the bottom line is ...