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Golda Velez

"Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up"

Aung San Suu Kyi was interviewed on a contraband camera Partial transcript - read below to find what Aung San is asking us to do (transcribed from the video): [Question about her willingness to talk to a brutal and oppressive regime] "You have to talk to people if you

Writing for AloNovo

I'm doing some work (a very little work) with the AloNovo project, which is basically a site to help consumers find socially responsible companies to shop with. Here's my first post on taking responsibility as an accidental shareholder in these beasts: We the Corporations

And the moral is...

Just finished the old Jack Finney Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (had to read it because of the title, I have a theory about corporations being subject to real-life bodysnatching ;-). Good read, convincing characters, plot ok - and I love the moral : yeah its hopeless but that's exactly

broken links at apache.org

what is the world coming to? Broken links on an Apache.org site - to the latest source tarball for the apache httpd server, no less http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22 ah well - its Thanksgiving ( but that should only affect the US... )

deciding

I'm wide awake now, looking down at mountains poking up out of a rippling sea of clounds, side-lit by the dawn. In a plane, not on a mountaintop, but still striking. The problem is as always: how to spend the moments of time. Deciding on each one is

not taking advantage just takes longer

The problem with life is, the predators have most time to plan their next move. Non-predators have to spend more time just gathering and eating. Seems to be true of business predators as well...

What would be enough?

I could be better at paying bills, cooking, and cleaning the house. Especially cleaning. But who wants to be the world's best dishwasher? Or Java coder? Really - I am deeply into best practices, and while coding is significantly more satisfying than washing dishes (at least you are

scared

Terrified that I'll forget, or make a mistake, or that something bad will happen. How can I live free from fear if I'm afraid of myself? I don't want to make my kids this way either - responsible yes, but afraid no. Is the

Just write?

Can it be that simple? But what about dishes, feeding the fish, deadlines, svn commits and never, never making a serious mistake? Just write? That's not all Laraine Herring said in Writing Warrior - a book I stole 10 minutes to read in Antigone Books while my 5

Stray Thoughts coming to roost

I just added the WP Hide Post plugin - not that I have anything to hide, but most days my thoughts and musings don't quite rate front-page visibility. Or, perhaps its just easier to put them down in type when I'm not imagining them plastered that