Theodicius

Good. Evil. Bratwurst.

CMS, part III

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 10:04 am

OK, WordPress has a new version, so I ported one of my favorite projects The Chessmill to it. The new “pages” system looked like it was going to work. Regular readers know I’ve been using Mambo — no, this doesn’t mean I’m moving away from it. I still use it; I just don’t like depending […]

A Fundamental Flaw

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 10:20 am

Stopped in for a while ay Wikkipedia (There’s no link because it’s not worth it). Here’s the basic concept, see if you can spot the flaw: Everyone is an expert on something, so everyone is welcome to write/edit an entry in this conglomeration. That way we can take advantage of the collective knowledge of the […]

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Filed under: Books,General,Science Fiction/Fantasy— arlen@ 12:47 pm

The rise of the mega-book. Susanna Clarke’s first novel has a good sales run at the moment, and it’s up for Hugo. With some difficulty, I read it. Well, perhaps “read it” is too strong a term. At several points along the way, my eyes frankly glazed over, and I skipped pages. An actual page […]

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