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I am still alive... just really busy...

Need to fix News block format...

Forty years ago 'The Prisoner' debuted on CBS. Where are all the similarly cool shows today?

Another classic blog post from August 10, 2006...

I said I would write up some things about my time in Mississippi, so here goes....

Weather

I had to start somewhere so I figure I would begin with something fairly innocuous...

I saw a new term today - Identity 2.0.

Described as a,

User-controlled, open Internet Identity; Thomas Huhn pointed out that "forming your online identity, controlling what personal data you give to whom and aggregating all your and your environments lifestreams in an open social network is simply essential for the further development of the web." We're seeing this develop now (it's sometimes referred to as, you guessed it, Identity 2.0), but the scenario Thomas described is 5+ years into the future.

Which might be a useful thing. Then I thought what if my Identity 2.0 turned out to be a real jerk....

From my old blog, August 22, 2006

I recently did something I have never before done in the forty years of my existence on the planet Earth. And while I have accomplished much over that time - navigating the complicated path of a Physics Ph.D., moving halfway across the country twice, buying my first automobile over the Internet, sight unseen, and attempting to purchase decent Mexican food in central Pennsylvania - I have never before been so daunted by a quest before. A quest that upon its completion finally establishes me as a fully grown adult.

I bought a new sofa...

Today's new Hat...