Another important organizations from the standpoint of liberating content: Project Gutenburg is digitizing open source books so they can be downloaded off the web, anywhere, for free. And an interesting tidbit I dug up on copyright law in Canada: I could be reading it wrong, but doesn’t this mean I can copy a CD without […]
What a fabulous weekend we just had! In my Thanksgiving list for this year, I’m giving thanks for a lot of things, but near the top are giving thanks to those who made the weekend for me, Anne, and my parents. The Thanksgiving dinner at Anne’s was a triumph of organization, preparation and presentation. I […]
There’s an interesting Slashdot article this afternoon about the Canadian government moving online — creating digital certificates for all citizens to access their government files. One of the comments has a reference to a pgp keyserver at pgp.mit.edu that I should check out some time. I’ve always wanted a digital certificate. 😉
Saturday afternoon at Anne’s, in a kitchen full of great cooking smells. We’re preparing Anne’s annual turkey feast for a horde: 16 and a half (Maddy, not quite 1 year old). The bird has been named “Jean-Claude” and is roasting happily in the oven. A wonderful squash soup has been prepared with much toil, sausages […]
Another Thursday, another week in Hartford winding to a close. A VERY busy weekend ahead, though since Monday’s a holiday I should have a chance to recover. Tomorrow morning the appraiser from TD is coming around to do an appraisal of the apartment. I have to be awake and functional at 7:45 am. Ugh. Tomorrow […]
I forgot to write a review of Me Me Me, by David Huggins. This was a strange mystery novel set in Hollywood, with the protagonist a young failing playwright, Ralph Tait, whose grandfather was a major movie star and whose family is still warped by the pressures of fame. When his grandfather disappears, Ralph seems […]
Happy Autumn! The leaves are starting to turn, and it was… 28 degrees yesterday. Nice weather for JUNE. Bizarre. Reminds me of the Simpsons’ newscaster Kent Brockman’s line about an unseasonable warm snap in the middle of winter (in the Mr. Plow episode): “Could this record-breaking heat wave be the result of the dreaded ‘Greenhouse […]
Ok, a long time since my last post. Sorry! I’ve had a busy spell at work, though it’s settled down now and the next few weeks are looking relatively sane. Hard to believe September’s almost over, and fall is here. The temperature plummeted this week, pretty much right at the official first day of fall, […]