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Why I'm voting for whom I'm voting for in the Drupal Association election

For those who don't know: I served on the DA Board in 2010-2011, and was on the Governance Committee that developed the new structures. Before that I was in the General Assembly. I'm currently on the...

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"Binge viewing"? It's called "watching"

When Netflix published the entire first season of the Americanized “House of Cards”, it was considered a radical act. Netflix has recognized how people recently have been “indulging” in “binge viewing”...

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The view from space

This video struck me in a profound way.OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.Only a few hundred people have been in space, but they share an experience that changed them, changed how they see the...

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Delivered overnight to your doorstep: Boxes, boxes and more boxes!

I confess, I’ve been sucked into the Amazon Subscribe and Save program. I hate having to battle parking lots and fight the crowds at Target just to buy toilet paper and tissues. It’s so much easier to...

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Second screen

It's not that we need a second screen, it's that we have an inadequate first screen.If we're watching a great movie, we're engrossed, swept away. We're not even thinking about the phone in the pocket...

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Piggies for tomorrow

Piggies are for saving!My piggy is Instapaper, Pinboard and Evernote, where I bookmark all the things that my ADD head says, “Oh I’ll want to read this later.” But when does later come? I think it’s...

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Nebula reading

If you're a science fiction fan like I am, here's a new reading list. NovelWinner: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Nominees:We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler...

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Mahlerficent occasion

MahlerficentLast night, on impulse from a friend’s suggestion, I had the immense pleasure of attending the main concert for this year’s MalherFest. Historically I haven’t been the biggest Mahler...

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Digital: ephemeral

What happens to this blog when I die, when I no longer pay the monthly bill? What happens to my emails when my card no longer covers the autopay on the account? What happens to the gigabytes of...

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Home on Lagrange

I first came across Lagrangian Points many years ago in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel A Fall of Moondust. It boggled my young mind, picturing satellites orbiting in seemingly static positions around the...

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Building a better superego

’Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions, a tradition floated by best hopes and intentions for the future … and grounded by the reality that most will fade long before Summer Solstice, some forgotten...

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Bother me less (or: I don't want your notification's nose under my attention...

The Apple Watch seems to be inspiring a lot of uninspired thinking. Things like all the news that fits on the wrist. I for one cannot imagine why I would spend hundreds of dollars so a device can annoy...

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Bowie

When I saw the news on Twitter that David Bowie had died, I started to cry. It was the middle of the night, but I couldn't sleep anymore. I tossed and turned with "Heroes" echoing in my head.Very sorry...

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And now Prince

Let's just agree that 57 is too young.

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Guarantees

I’ll be an entrepreneur … if you pay me to do it. I’ll paint the picture … if you will hang it. I’ll write the book … if you will sell it. I’ll take the test … if you promise to pass me. I’ll take the...

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