Monthly Archives: July 2008

Dr. Anne Galloway

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 24, 2008

I’ve followed Anne Galloway for five or six years. This month she adds “Dr.” to her name. After more than two hours of intense questioning, the examining committee declared that my dissertation would be accepted with no revisions required, and recommended for a University Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. In 2004, I asked Anne [...]

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Thrilling news

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 23, 2008

Before he’s even out of office, the line has formed to honor George W. Bush. A friend writes: San Francisco has collected sufficient signatures to place a new measure on the next ballot renaming the “Oceanside Sewage Treatment Plant” to the “George W. Bush Sewage Treatment Plant.” Digg it [tags]george w bush sewage treatment plant, [...]

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black summer dress

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 23, 2008

[tags]laurie anderson[/tags]

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twitterati

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 22, 2008

Okay. I’m jealous. There’s nothing like the California coast at sunset when the fog’s burned away. Picture is by Elliot Ng at the Fortune Brainstorm tech conference at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay. How many of these tweeties do you recognize? (Click on picture to enlarge). [tags]twitterati, tweetup, tweethrup, in for a penny in [...]

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Scoble

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 22, 2008

Robert Scoble has a nice post about the failure of tech blogging. It’s a “long form” post. On Gillmor Gang today, Scoble said he intended to do more long form posting. I could help him shorten it, of course. Take this passage… Anyway, I’ve been thinking a lot about Tech blogging and my role in [...]

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Wordle

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 21, 2008

Wordle seems to create a textual collage from your feed, no weighting, no waiting. Thanks to Mark Pilgrim for the pointer. Of course it’s a Java app… [tags]wordle[/tags]

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Lenox, Limoges, and Linux

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 21, 2008

Halley cracks me up today with a proposal for a china/tech mash-up that will bring YouTube to the table. [tags]halley suitt, dinnerware not shanghai[/tags]

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Social Media Hat

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 20, 2008

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Social Media Hat, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. May be treading on thin ice posting this. But who knows? It may show up on Encyclopaedia Dramatica!

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