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Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 09/26/2005 - 11:54I spend a lot of time searching the web for what is happening. I often check out Technorati to see what the top ten searches are. Yesterday and today, Kielle was a top search topic. SF Site reports “Kelly Eileen O’Guinn (b.1972) died on September 22. Known as Kielle, she was diagnosed with colon cancer four months ago. She was active in web-publishing and role-playing fanfic.”
There are wonderful tributes to her around the Internet. Years ago, I took an online class, Grief in a Family Context. It was one of the best classes I ever took. It seems as if there is room for lots of research in how people process grief, especially as we all become more interconnected via the Internet.
March Recap
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 09/25/2005 - 08:27Here is a post that I put up on Blog for America.
Today, hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered in Washington to express their displeasure with the current administration, it's policies in Iraq and the horrible effect those policies are having on people across America. We will be able to read about it in the newspapers and watch it on TV soon enough; however, the soundbytes of demonstrations—like the soundbytes of politicians—do not adequately reflect what really happens.
After the march
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 09/24/2005 - 17:59I am at the BBQ at Hypatia’s. I have checked the photo of Joan Baez. It is small and blurry. However, the audio post of her singing, “Where have all the flowers gone?” came out pretty well.
Melissa Berger is here and we are talking about her campaign. I have just spoken with Kim and we’ll be putting up a post on Blog For America, so I’ll post this, and get to the BFA post shortly.
Originally uploaded by Aldon.
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 09/24/2005 - 16:01
Spammers with a sense of ...
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 09/24/2005 - 09:24This morning, as I wait for my daughter to get out of the shower so we can go march on Washington, I find that I've won another half million dollars in a lottery in Holland that I've never entered.
I do that several times a week and usually don't pay a lot of attention to the spam.
However, one spam message particularly caught my attention. In an email claiming to be from Jose Padilla, I find that I can buy a replica of a Rolex watch!
Finally, the U.S. Government will be able to find a charge that will stick, sending unsolicited email.
