First Looks category archive
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
We need a loony story.
Walking Backwards? 0
Thom wonder whether the United States is moving backwards.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Tomorrow 0
When you need fellowship, join us.
When: Thursday, July 11, 6 p. m.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
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Geeking Out 0
Slackware –Current with the Fluxbox window manager using the Blueish 1.3 style on one of my Zareason desktops.
Afterthought:
All of my computers are now Zareasons–two desktops and a laptop–since a freak lightning strike took out my 23″ Lenovo graphics tablet. Zareason gives good value and stands behind its products.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Join us to discuss the Virginia primaries and whatever else you wish to discuss.
When: Thursday, June 13, 6 p. m.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
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Facebook Frolics 0
Bert Roughton reflects on the year since he abandoned the Zuckerborg. A snippet:
(snip)
I’ve read the back and forth in The New York Times about whether Facebook needs to be dismembered – or not. But really, who cares? It isn’t as if Facebook is some massive system that distributes food, fuel or even useful knowledge.
Facebook distributes twaddle.
Meta: Blogroll 0
I’ve just gone through my Blogroll and deleted a few sites that are no longer active. (That’s something I’d encourage my fellow bloggers to do from time to time, based on my experience with their blogrolls. . . .)
I’ll likely add a few new links when I get a round tuit.
I know that blogrolls seem to have become an anachronism in these days of twits and Zuckers, but, dammit, it’s my site and I’ll try if I want to. You would try too if it happened to you.