Web

My Debug Bar

So, all you have to do is a) set up a virtual PC on your Intel Mac, then install the debug bar, and start browsing. The program has options to view pages, (like the crapped out one above) in IE 5.5, 6, 7, and 8.

I for one, feel pretty awesome about that.

Iinternet-age writing syllabus and course overview

As print takes its place alongside smoke signals, cuneiform, and hollering, there has emerged a new literary age, one in which writers no longer need to feel encumbered by the paper cuts, reading, and excessive use of words traditionally associated with the writing trade. Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era focuses on the creation of short-form prose that is not intended to be reproduced on pulp fibers.

I do half these things and don't consider myself a bad writer, just economical. I'll admit, I had trouble making it all the way to the end of the article. I kept thinking - do you really need all these words?!

Only because Simon had to send back another article in response to this Harpers Annotation (blueprints for Googles new data-farm next to the Dalles Dam on the Colombia River) I sent him:

Keyword: evil

The blueprints depicting Google’s data center at The Dalles,Oregon, are proof that the Web is no ethereal store of ideas, shimmering over our heads like the aurora borealis. It is a new heavy industry, an energy glutton that is only growing hungrier.

My pal Phreeduh who I met at youth group decades ago, just sent me this link.

I am going to make latkes for our meeting today aussi. It's a Chanukah time of year isn't it just.