From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Hey AP! How About Running A Real News Web Site?

by on June 24, 2008

in Internet,Newspapers

Dear AP: Now that everyone has screamed back-and-forth over your “rules” about fair use, I wanted to jump in with a few suggestions of my own. They’ve been on my mind, and I missed all the fireworks, but hitting your site today got me all riled up again. I’m not sure you’re familiar with this [...]

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Photos & Video From 2008 Stonehenge Summer Solstice

by on June 21, 2008

in Britain,Salisbury,Stonehenge

I groaned about getting up at 3:15am, but it was well worth heading out to Stonehenge for the summer solstice celebration this morning. It was my second time out for it, and it remains a pretty mellow party. I also have to chuckle about how with thousands of people there, we still manage to bump [...]

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Tips For Summer Solstice @ Stonehenge 2008

by on June 20, 2008

in Stonehenge

It’s the summer solstice tomorrow (Google’s even got a special logo), and I’m heading out to Stonehenge for probably my last time being in the area at this time of year. Below, some tips and advice for others thinking of heading out to this mini-Burning Man in Wiltshire. Summer Solstice 2006 At Stonehenge Tips & [...]

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Boudica: My Wife’s Social News Site For Women Launches

by on June 17, 2008

in Internet,Web 2.0,Work

My wife, Lorna Harris, has been busy the past few months with a project she launched in beta last week: Boudica.com, a social news site for women. Years and years ago, when we were both doing internet marketing, we got the Boudica.com name thinking it might be good for building a Yahoo-like directory of sites [...]

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Apologies For Having Been An Asshole

by on June 16, 2008

in Work

I was an asshole to some good people who turned out to speak for me at SMX Advanced, and I’d like to apologize. In the debate over blackhat content that erupted after the show, I wrote of being embarrassed. We had excellent speakers who presented outstanding material, and I’m sorry my poor response to the [...]

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Seeing The Queen At Larkhill

by on June 12, 2008

in Britain

Almost as if to wish me off, Queen Elizabeth II came to visit today. OK, she came to the nearby Larkhill artillery school, which is now being redesignated the Royal Artillery Barracks. A bunch of school kids were invited to witness the opening, and our youngest’s son’s class went. So why not — let’s take [...]

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30 Days & Counting To Going Home

by on June 9, 2008

in The Move Home

And the big move back to California continues. Friday, a key step: booking the tickets home time. July 9 is the day. So it’s 30 days and counting down to getting back to the Golden State. Booking tickets was a pretty funny experience. First I went through my regular travel agent. Get me four one-way [...]

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