April 2006 Archives
I've not been posting much on the blog. However, if I look at all the writing I've done on the net, between FUUSE.com, emails, etc, I have been at least as prolific as usual. I've also been trying to do some background code tweaking to the blog, and that's not been going well either.
I've been working on some new projects with others that will be being launched in the next couple weeks that are rather exciting. Obviously, I can't disclose what those are, but they are exciting, to say the least. There will be notice of them in a number of places online as well as here as they are released, so stay tuned.
This is one of the major ideas that has been occupying much of my brain lately however: If you are going to take a position of service, you must learn the systems in which you will be working. I've been stunned of late at how often people are NOT doing this.
More updates soon, I promise.
A full service womens clinic has opened up in Ypsilanti, which includes abortion services. So for the past month and a bit, on Saturdays, we've had abortion protesters out on Michigan Avenue, with huge poster graphics of abortions, mangled fetus/infant pictures, etc. Well, last weekend, I saw counter protesters out there with big blue sheets, blocking the view of the images from those on the street and sidewalks. Today, there are MORE, with sheets that say things like "Keep your voice, lose the graphics". I am very proud to live in Ypsilanti at the moment.
As proof I'm a geek and hardcrore FUUSE junkie... I am broadcasting on the FUUSE radio from Detroit Metro Airport as I wait for my plane to the GA Planning Committee meeting in St Louis.
In the next version of Mac OS X, on the new Macs w/ their Intel chips, users will be able to dual boot the Mac OS and Windows. A Public Beta has been released, and users with Intel based Macs can test it now. I just want to know... When will a 12 inch MacBook be released?
I rather liked this essay. The way it started I was confused and skeptical, as it started sounding like some of the problems I have with the public school system (a system I wholly support at the same time), but it's good. I was amazed to see how old some of the ideas are. I wonder how we can incorporate this kind of idea into YRUU and UUYAN programming.
