Monthly Archives: May 2009

New beginnings…

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 18, 2009

Look who’s back! (As if she ever left.) Jeneane dot net!! I checked out the bio and resume and then peeked at the portfolio. Holy moley, what a writer!! (Blame my excessive use of bangs as the typesetters used to call them—although they resemble neither a combed forward hairstyle nor a British sausage so what’s [...]

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Wolfram Alpha

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 18, 2009

it was the | was the best | the best of | best of times | of times it | times it was | it was the | was the worst | the worst of | worst of times Wolfram Alpha opened its doors today. What’s Wolfram Alpha? …the first step in an ambitious, long-term [...]

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Dead Horse

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 12, 2009

Braxton, the horse in the middle in the picture below, passed away this weekend. It’s not mandatory to be blown about in the tempestuous seas of irony and synchronicity. We have a choice. It’s not required that we comment on every coincidental circumstance that somehow adds a deeper meaning to the tapestry of our lives. [...]

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Steve Himmer

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 12, 2009

@ monkeybicycle “…Tuvan throatsong rendition of “Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer,” arranged by Harry Partch. With the puzzling (and not a little disturbing) exception of his duet with Diamanda Galas on “Frosty the Snowman,” the Italian semiologist hardly takes a false aesthetic step. The liner notes also feature Eco’s now-classic essay on the traditional holiday sweater [...]

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In defense of the military draft

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 12, 2009
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YBLOG ZA Retired

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 10, 2009

I’m a clicker, not an RSSer, so it’s taken me a week or two to get caught up with Mike Golby. It came as a surprise that the venerable YBLOG ZA blog is no more. I blame Rush Limbaugh and Dick (“the prick”) Cheney. Fortunately, as noted here, Mike is publishing some photo work at [...]

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Web Hyperlink Oriented Architecture

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 8, 2009

That’s right. WHOA!

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Aletheia

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 8, 2009

ἀ–λήθεια — the state of being evident “No one ever got fired for signing up for another year’s subscription to BlackBoard,” AKMA observes in a post separating the faster horses of academic technology from the plodding oxen of old edu-ware. img {float:right; margin-left:25px} The idea that “no one ever got fired for buying” retro-tech underscores [...]

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