David and I had a discussion very much like this just the other day. This surprises me — not at all, reading the requirements. They want a combination half-time researcher, half-time developer, half-time sysadmin, half-time web designer, half-time project manager, half-time librarian, and half-time information architect. That’s just a few too many halves; of course they didn’t find anybody! That’s the kind of job somebody grows into, if it can be done at all by a single person (and I’m not sanguine, not sanguine at all). The kind of person they want — if she exists, she isn’t unemployed, I…
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Things have been… rather busy at work. And I can’t really blog during the day, not really, shouldn’t do it. However, I feel this need to monitor feeds and watch for breaking news. It’s a post 9/11 thing. So I’ll be using the free, simple blogging tool provided with Bloglines to add links and a few short words to Blogula Clips . They’vre recently updated the little “clip/blog this” form to add more functionality,and I have the ability to use images now, too. Mostly, though, it will just be links. I don’t even have to leave the main Bloglines interface,…
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On the eve of the Inauguration of the man that went to war and took as all with him, an Iraqi family was shattered by a tragic misjudgement by US troops, who shot at an approaching car that failed to stop. It turns out it was full of children. The parents were killed in a hail of bullets that started out as warning shots. The children emerged from the car, covered in their parents’ blood and with wounds of their own. A photographer from Getty Images, Chris Hondros, was there to witness and document what happened with a series of…
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AAR is broadcasting live from Washington DC today. Their website notes: Bush Approval Rating Lowest Since Nixon Amid the most biggest (Ed.: hee!) security lockdown ever for an inauguration, a new CBS/New York Times poll shows that President Bush has the lowest approval rating at the start of a second term since Richard Nixon. Bush’s 49 percent approval is below Nixon’s rating of 51 percent in January 1973 and Bush trails Bill Clinton’s 60 percent and Ronald Reagan’s 62 percent at similar points. Every time an administration official repeats the words “mandate” and “majority” let’s just remember that approval rating,…
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Here you have a travel agent’s lunch if ever I saw one: an Asian plate lunch with a vaguely Asian green-tea beverage, and a funny travel book written by a flight attendant/humorist. The book’s called Plane Insanity, by Elliott Hester. Guess I have to add it to my Bookqueue now, since I’m officially reading it on my lunch hour. It was kicking around the office and was about to be thrown out in the general purge before the visit of the new VP of our section. Everyone was a little nervous. Was he going to be a harsh taskmaster? A…
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At last! Jonathan and Victoria were eliminated through their own failure to read the clue, and in spite of getting Adam and Rebecca to Yield Freddy and Kendra. That’s the last ugly hat we’ll ever see, and the last time Jonathan will strip his shirt off for no reason. Unfortunately, he stripped down to his bright red bike shorts for a mud-related task. And that was way too much man package than I ever wanted to see, frankly. Just HOW many ugly hats did this guy pack? He had a new one every week! And this week he busted out…
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Boing Boing: Google launches Picasa 2 I’ve used Picasa/Hello, but stopped using it a while back because it wouldn’t go through the work firewall. Not that I did anything like that at work, mind you. This seems to be the full-on Picasa for free, where before it was just the Hello piece. But just the other night I was in a panic trying to find images on one of my many harddrives. So, we’ll see. I liked using it for my Razzberry Vinaigrette blog.
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Episcopal leaders: We’re sorry gay bishop caused tension The American Episcopal House of Bishops met in Salt Lake to come up with this message for the rest of the Anglican Communion regarding gay clergy, bishops, marriage, and things gay in general: ”We as the House of Bishops express our sincere regret for the pain, the hurt and the damage caused to our Anglican bonds of affection by certain actions of our church,” the bishops said. ”We express this regret as a sign of our deep desire for and commitment to continuation of our partnership in the Anglican Communion.” I’m an…
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George Clooney helped plan and recruit celebrities (aka “slebs”) for disaster relief again, this time for tsunami relief. The telethon aired Saturday. Clooney also put together and recruited for a 9/11 sleb telethon. He’s a standup guy. I always thought he was mystery sleb bloggist “Rance.” Not so sure now. The very funny lady who has taken over the old Rance digs as a favor is keeping the lights on with some good stuff and the old crowd still gathers, but we all still wish the real Rance would please stand up again.
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For a future trip: finding and photographing for ourselves some of the rock art catalogued at Northumberland Rock Art, Access to the Beckinsall Archive. Via Archaeology in Europe