http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog/Things-Blog-Night/275 SocialVoice Community: Recent Topics in Things That Go Blog in the Night en LiveForums Enterprise 4.1.2 (www.liveworld.com) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:16 -0800 42 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Em-Inch-Theyll/1100001304 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Em-Inch-Theyll/1100001304 Since at least 2006, Microsoft has given away free Virtual PC disk images of Windows XP (and eventually Vista), with Internet Explorer 6 (and Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:40:02 -0700 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:40:02 -0700 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:40:02 -0700 1 dland dland dland 0 311 Software_development http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Radical-Fundamental-Difference/1100001204 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Radical-Fundamental-Difference/1100001204 This is a long and slightly rambling piece on a couple of ideas: The deep similarity between the seemingly-opposed terms "radical" and "fundamental", Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:08:23 -0700 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:08:23 -0700 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:18:53 -0700 4 dland dland dland 3 311 LanguageUser_Experience http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/People-Want-Know/1100001168 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/People-Want-Know/1100001168 Today in the Google search bar in Firefox, I typed the words "how to", while trying to figure out how to find out what text-encoding is in effect for Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:25:59 -0700 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:25:59 -0700 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:11:36 -0700 2 dland dland dland 1 311 LanguageSocial_Software http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Jazz-Club-Etiquette/1100001160 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Jazz-Club-Etiquette/1100001160 It's part of the etiquette of live jazz and blues music to applaud at the end of solos, even as the next one begins or the whole combo kicks in to Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:18:20 -0700 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:18:20 -0700 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:42:39 -0700 4 dland dland dland 3 311 Arts_&_EntertainmentWork/Life http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Remembering-Kevin-Takashi/1100001038 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Remembering-Kevin-Takashi/1100001038 Monday, June 22 would have been our first son Kevin's 16th birthday. These two poems, especially Emerson's "Threnody" helped me cope with his death. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:47:16 -0700 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:47:16 -0700 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:53:39 -0700 3 dland dland dland 2 311 Personal http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Catalog-American-Museum/1100000956 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Catalog-American-Museum/1100000956 Item 3234: 63-Note "La Cucaracha" Cylinder (Hirschelbaum 243), Ca. 1953 Beginning with his 1947 15-note rendition of "The Muffin Man", Shlomo Sat, 23 May 2009 19:28:10 -0700 Sat, 23 May 2009 19:28:10 -0700 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:01:24 -0700 4 dland dland dland 3 311 Humor http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Quotno-Seen-Comingquot/1100000790 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Quotno-Seen-Comingquot/1100000790 OK, just a quickie today: Over and over, we're told of the current financial crisis, "No one could have seen it coming." I disagree. The 2,000 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:05:44 -0700 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:05:44 -0700 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:17:30 -0700 1 dland dland dland 0 311 HumorPolitics http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Bad-User-Interface/1100000190 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Bad-User-Interface/1100000190 .lw-attach-body{display:none;}California "Vote by Mail" ballots (formerly "Absentee ballots") have a terrible user interface misfeature that has Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:41:25 -0700 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:41:25 -0700 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:30:43 -0800 5 dland dland dland 4 311 PoliticsUser_Experience http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Bring-Elitest-Elitists/1100000154 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Bring-Elitest-Elitists/1100000154 An Independent Indiana voter interviewed on NPR claims that he's torn between McCain & Obama, and may resort to a flip of a coin in the voting booth. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:23:40 -0700 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:23:40 -0700 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:33:05 -0800 5 dland dland dland 4 311 Politics http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Quoti-Dont-Need/1100000143 http://socialvoice.liveworld.com/blog-entry/Things-Blog-Night/Quoti-Dont-Need/1100000143 At some point, under normal circumstances, children leave their parents and enter the world on their own, often forever. For some parents, such as Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:22:22 -0700 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:22:22 -0700 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:01:27 -0700 5 dland dland dland 4 311 Personal