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Juggling

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Just watched some juggling video, prompted by a visit from Johnny Blazes and a peek at the Oberlin Guerilla Circus. See what you’ve started? Anyway, I looked around a bit for a lost link, and found it: Jason Garfield pumps you up for juggling. Watch it, little juggling monkey…

Thought of the day

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Among the four or five books I am currently reading is “Ogilvy On Advertising”, in which Our Hero rants about what sells and what doesn’t. I came across this startling quote: “Mozart said, ‘I have never made the slightest effort to compose anything original.’” I find that somehow comforting. I awoke this morning knowing I [...]

Virtual reconstruction

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

I got my laptop back from being repaired. I’m a little mixed about mentioning who did the work. I’d rate my satisfaction as neutral – their customer service was abysmal, but the kid who did the work was OK. So, I’ll neither endorse nor diss them – they’ll just be consigned to anonymity. Luckily, I [...]

Liferay and Tomcat – part 3

Friday, May 18th, 2007

But wait – there’s more! So, I crank up my newly-running Liferay – running in its happy little webapp world, not as the root context, and some funny things are going on. First: The root context that should be there isn’t there. Instead of the warm, fuzzy Tomcat page with the geeky kittycat graphic, I [...]

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