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Nextumi’s Share2me, a site-independent “send to a friend” product

January 31, 2007 by Leave a Comment
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What have I been working on all of January that I haven’t been able to talk about? I’ve been busy working on Nextumi‘s flagship product, Share2me, which they are unveiling at this year’s DEMO 2007.

I still can’t go into much detail about the product since the DEMO conference is still going on, but I can link to the press release. After February 1, at 3:00 PM US/Pacific time, which is when our demo is scheduled, I’ll hopefully get the go-ahead to talk more about the product (watch this space–I’ll update). In the meantime, I’ll link to the news around the intertubes covering it:

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Love, according to 1 Corinthians 13

January 30, 2007 by Leave a Comment

I’ve been reflecting and introspecting lately, especially around the subject of love. Perhaps it was no small coincidence that at this past Sunday’s church service, the second reading was taken from 1 Corinthians 13. Verses 4 through 8:

4Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7It hears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8Love never ends. […]

Love is hard for me to be. Love is worth it.

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How cold is a witch’s tit?

January 26, 2007 by 4 Comments

Dear Canadians,

Please take your awful weather back. I don’t want it. Thanks.

Butler, NJ (January 26, 2007): -20F (-6.6C)

Good god. It’s 20F (-6.6C) and windy out. It’s even too cold to enjoy smoking a cigarette outside. Argh!


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Intelligent are thoughts better than Intelligent Design

January 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment

In the January 2007 issue of The Lutheran, in the “Letters to the editor” section on page 56, Kari Stadem of Blomkest, MN, wrote:

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There are two kinds of evolution: Evolution with a capital E, the idea that people came from rocks by random chance over billions of years–and evolution with a small e, the theory that species adapt and change through random mutations and natural selection. I fully agree that evolution has been shown through scientific observation. But I strongly disagree that Evolution is anything but a religious view. It can’t be repeated because it’s a question of origins. It can never be observed because it supposedly takes billions of years. And it violates at least two of the most fundamental laws of science: the law of biogenesis (life only comes from life) and the second law of thermodynamics (everything in the universe is gradually increasing in chaos, not in order). Let’s get the whole question of origins out of the science classroom. It has no place there because it’s a question of history. Teach evolution, not Evolution, and I don’t think anyone will argue.

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When I read this, I couldn’t help but say to myself, “This is exactly
right.” The argument shouldn’t be whether Intelligent Design or Evolution is
right: it’s unprovable, thus pointless. The question is really whether
Evolution (with the capital E) is actually science–clearly, it’s not. It’s a
set of beliefs held as true in the absence of observable facts. It’s a
religion. And, in a science classroom, as Kari points out, it has no
place.

It’s this kind of intelligent thinking and discussion that we need. Not
more useless debate as to whether Intelligent Design or Evolution is actually
correct: they’re both religions and neither are provable. Let people freely
believe what they want to believe. Lets just make sure that what’s taught in
the classroom as “science” truly is just that.

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The end of an era: goodbye, Network Solutions

January 19, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I transferred all my domain names to GoDaddy.com from Network Solutions. It was actually quite sad … finally giving up my “ETS2” NIC handle. I still remember emailing “[email protected]” a plain-text form to update all my WHOIS information. Yes, I have a domain as old as 1994. I remember my first netblock, 198.6.113.0/24, a Class C from UUNET. Back in those days, the yearly domain name registry fee was $35, and Network Solutions had the monopoly on it.

Sure, their prices have come down a little since then, but in over 10 years now, I’ve given them close to $300 for that one domain alone. In comparison, my next 10 years with GoDaddy.com will only cost me close to $70. There’s very little value-add in the area of domain name registry itself, so price is certainly my major decision point. In that regard, GoDaddy.com wins–they have a smooth, usable web interface for managing domains. Their interface is pleasant to use for bulk management of domains, too. And, they’re cheap.

So, goodbye and farewell, Network Solutions. It’s a good, long, just barely 13 years, but it’s time to move on. Lets hope that GoDaddy.com is as maintenance-free and reliable for the next ten years as Network Solutions has been for me for the last ten years.

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I’m shallow and empty

January 18, 2007 by 6 Comments

During this past Monday’s therapy session, I said something which has
been stuck in my head, so I’m writing it down. I said:

I’m shallow and I’m okay with that. But, I’m empty. I’m shallow and empty. Now, that’s pathetic.

I don’t hate my wife and kids. I have a wonderful wife and great kids. I hate myself. That’s what it really is. That’s the sad truth. I don’t know what “love” is. Before you can love someone else, you have to be able to love yourself. And, I don’t.

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