Monthly Archives: February 2003

Cranking the Hype Machine

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Ken

Wow, here’s a new discovery with blogging: I’ve recently discovered the tension that exists between blogging about really important stuff and the time it takes to write such blogs. It’s funny because I want to blog about other stuff, but … Continue reading →

Posted in kennsarah.net | 2 Comments

Mad Props

Posted on February 20, 2003 by Ken

The woman formerly known as “The Other Sarah Posegate”—our sister-in-law—finished the Mardis Gras Marathon this past weekend in New Orleans. Results can be found in the Female Results page. You’ll have to hit Ctrl+F and search for “Posegate” (stinkin’ preformatted … Continue reading →

Posted in Family | Comments Off

Open Source Project Management

Posted on February 20, 2003 by Ken

Update: it’s no secret that I am using Basecamp for project management these days. The Linux desktop may not be ready for Joe User and his grandmother, but is it ready for the knowledge worker? This is a question I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, School | 6 Comments

If I Was an Evil Genius…

Posted on February 19, 2003 by Ken

…I would use Linux to power weather machines that would create enough snow to shut down an entire city. I was in the car for about three hours this morning trying to get to class.

Posted in School | 2 Comments

Problems of the Object/Subject Dichotemy

Posted on February 18, 2003 by Ken

David Moser (via Mark Pilgrim): This Is The Title Of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times In The Story Itself. This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | 8 Comments

A Slightly More Robust WeatherBox

Posted on February 17, 2003 by Ken

Snow days lead inevitably to template hacking. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that my “weatherbox” has started to show a broken image under certain conditions. I discovered that my XML stream is sending me an empty tag … Continue reading →

Posted in kennsarah.net | 7 Comments

Back Under the Gun

Posted on February 17, 2003 by Ken

My friend Tom says he’ll call me “in about an hour,” like, two hours ago, so I decide that it’s a good time to sit down and write another blog entry because I don’t want the site doesn’t get all … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | 10 Comments

Mail Clients That Don’t Suck

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Ken

Does anyone know of any email clients for Windows that don’t suck? I’ve been using Mozilla Mail of late, but–apparently because of some bug–the thing won’t pony up and tell Microsoft Outlook that it is the default mail application. Wuss, … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek | 13 Comments

Senior Project

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Ken

You may have noticed lately that the semester has taken a toll on my blogging attention of late. This semester I’m up to 13 credits plus work, and I have even more responsibilities this semester than last. Not the least … Continue reading →

Posted in School | Comments Off

Blog Power Deconstruction & Community

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Ken

Mark Pilgrim: Power laws and priorities. All the friendships I’ve developed in the past 2 years-starting long before I was in the Technorati Top 10-grew out of connections I made through writing this weblog and reading others. This month I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek | Comments Off