Obama Issues Directive to Shut Down Guantánamo | NY Times

I’m thinking of starting a new category, or maybe even a new blog, with syndication and stories on this man. He’s turning our world right-side up again. I love that the Obama Administration hit the ground running, and that they’re running with such a strong, positive message. For nearly a decade, Guantánamo has been proof that America is willing to do one thing and say another. We will bring...

Positively, Gloriously Upgraded!

I’ve finally gotten around to upgrading  my WordPress installation to 2.7. I’ve been meaning to do it for a while, but kept finding other things to do first- write posts, work on RedivivaBlogs, that sort of thing. Then I read this post by Lorelle on WordPress hacks, worms and bugs and, as was his intention I’m sure, I got the wits scared out of me. So, I upgraded immediately. Unfortunately, I...

Waitin’ on the bus, federation-style | Netjunky Research

So, seconds after I write a post complaining about Twitter (which I use obsessively, so am a hypocrite anyway), Jon Karon responds with a comment putting me in my place. That’s Jon, always a step ahead. He proved that minutes ago with a blog post announcing a new Twitterbot that gives you the scheduled arrival of the next TriMet vehicle you may be awaiting: But how many times have you walked a bit slowly to...

Twitter: “we prefer to use open source” (Uh, really?)

On Tuesday, Greg Pass wrote an article on the Twitter Blog called “Building on Open Source” where he states that: When we plan new engineering projects at Twitter, we measure our requirements against the capabilities of open source offerings, and prefer to use open source whenever it makes sense. By this approach, much of Twitter is now built on open source software. The article goes on to describe two...

How Much Do You Love Blogging?

I mean do you love it this much? How about this much? Well, if you love blogging this much, then you’re probably interested in starting a blog. If you have one then you’d probaly start another blog if you thought it could help end bloglessness, right?1 Well, if that’s you, read on! The Backstory You may know that I started a project called Engage The Gorge last autumn. Well, that project...