On a more serious note, what should us comfortable Western folks do to support democracy protesters risking their lives to eliminate dangerous dictators?  I don't really know.  Its their revolution, not ours, but it seems like we should somehow offer non-directing friendship or support. We can '

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 Quien busque guía para comprar camisetas de fútbol puede reducir dudas comprobando la temporada, el diseño y los

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

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... Antes de elegir entre equipaciones de fútbol para niños, merece la pena comprobar la composición

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 making

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 difference

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 year

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