Through the Looking Glass
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 24th, 2004
because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 24th, 2004
Posted in life on Feb 20th, 2004
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 20th, 2004
Eight years ago today, February 20, 1996, the domain registration for zanshin.net was completed for the first time. Neither I or my fledgling ISP really understood all we were doing so I ended up with a .net domain. At the time I thought I wasn’t a commercial enterprise, and I wasn’t a non-profit organization, so [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 17th, 2004
It has been over a year since I blew the dust off my resume, so I took an hour or so today and gutted the old one mining the juicier bits for a new and improved view of my professional self.
For the most part I am pleased with the new format and presentation. I’m sure [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 15th, 2004
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 14th, 2004
For some time now I have been using the excellent referer logging tool, Refer from Textism. It’s pure vanity and ego gratification served up in HTML.
It is also, it appears, a new place for the scum that are spam purveyors to ply their, ah, trade. I have been getting increasing amounts of “referrals” from adult [...]
Posted in life on Feb 13th, 2004
Posted in social issues on Feb 10th, 2004
Like many of you I watched Tim Russert interview the President on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.” Initially I felt that Russert was being soft on Mr. Bush in not following up on his stumbling answers and prevaricating during the hour long broadcast. As the interview drew to a close, however, it became clear that by [...]
Posted in life on Feb 8th, 2004
Yesterday I traveled to Chicago to visit with an old friend. The venue for our visit the the International New Motorcycle Show. I have been to this annual event several times in the past decade or so. It’s always filled with crowds of people, glittering chrome, and jewel like machinery.
It is also the scene of [...]
Posted in social issues on Feb 8th, 2004