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I'm half-way through, what seems to be an ever increasingly frustrating half-year period. (I guess I could be about one quarter way through an ever increasingly frustrating year, but i'l choose the optimistic perspective for the sake of argument). For a bit of background, let'
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Things are gradually returning to normal here, as my back attempts to regain it usefullness as a body-part. I can stand up and work, and even sit down for 30-45 minutes at a time now, and I've been doing 5-6 hour work days this week, mostly trying to
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Offline and unable to sleep because of a really painful lower back, I spent my laptop battery writing up some notes from my experience at Emerging Tech. The advantage of doing it from that vantage point is probably a bit more reflection than in my previous entries. The disadvantages inclue
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O'Reilly Network: O'Reilly Network -- 2004 Emerging Technology Conference Coverage [Jan. 16, 2004] Here's a few comments from my tke on emerging tech 2004 in san diego. First of all, Joi Ito roks. Thanks for all the fresh perspectives, the hecklebot and the sense
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O'Reilly Network: O'Reilly's Digital Democracy Teach-In [Feb. 10, 2004] The Teach-In featured nine sessions with a variety of movers and shakers who have been thinking about and using technology to alter the way we elect and communicate with our candidates and political leaders.
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Just to do justice on the whole Amercian Centri rant I had. It is fir to say that the Emerging Democracy Teach-in was highly american centric (as is the rest of this conference), but Joi Ito and Ethan, did a good job of reminding everyone during their talk-show style session
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So, today has been the digital democracy workshop here at ETech. In about 20 minutes Ethan and Joi Ito are on, and I hope they'll change my impression of the day for the better. So far I have been less than impressed. I realize of course that we
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O'Reilly Network: O'Reilly Network -- 2004 Emerging Technology Conference Coverage [Jan. 16, 2004] So I'm here at the lobby bar of the Westin Plaza Hotel in San Diego, it's sunday night and the Emerging Tech conference starts tomorrow with the Digital Democracy
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The arrival of another new year is a time for contemplation. Or so i've always been told. And some, only partially conscious part of my mind, want to take this opportunity to brood, not on that which passed, for that is not my nature, but instead on that
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In the continuing saga of my left knee... this wednesday i spent the day at my local hospital for arthroscopic surgery in the left knee. the same left knee that i had cruciate ligament reconstruction in about 4 years ago. This time it's the meniscus. Well, last time
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Hi, I did some minor revamping here at multiplicity. Mostly concerned with changing the categories. I wanted to put more focus on Free Software (Open Source) and Open Spectrum wireless as my career gradually takes me further and further into that sphere. You can see the new category split in
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I just got the strangest letter today. In a very cordial tone, my friendly neighbourhood tax-authority has decided to inform me that my private expenses for the years 2001 and 2002 are unacceptable. You heard me. unacceptable. And that's their choice of words. According to them, after paying