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Neighborhood |
Jeanette and our friend Walt Minnick are both Rooted in the West, 1987 The Neigbhorhood buzz is noise pollution. Owyhee Canyonlands Rendezvous IV, June 2002 Owyhee Canyonlands Rendezvous III, June 2001 Weather report, from an amazing inversion, Christmas 1999 Owyhee Canyonlands Rendezvous, Sept. 1999 Road rage, Boise style, 1994 Flood control on the Boise River, 1998 Flood control on the Boise River, 1999 Jeanette's experience of volunteering at the 1998 Boise River Festival The Ada County Highway District gerrymandering, 1998 |
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Politics |
Deus ex machina, the new Speaker of the House Tribal epistemology, vaccine edition The storming of the Capitol, January 6, 2021 What if the news really is fake? Breakout session at the Frank Church Institute 2019 conference in Boise What goes around comes around, promises our newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court A massive gift of hypocrisy and venality; the last-minute stocking-stuffer GOP tax bill of 2017 All things immoderation; in praise of, and contempt for moderation Idaho's self-styled militia add up to Three Percent Of Nothing Inside the Black Box; my review of Frank Pasquale's book, The Black Box Society. Fearless Fomenters of Fiscal Fear got together for a symposium in Boise in late February, 2013 Pillar to post: a look at Tom Luna's plan to gut Idaho's education system The gang that couldn't shoot straight includes Karl Rove, William Kristol, Liz Cheney, Keep America Safe, and Marc Thiessen. Dark Thirty in the Garden of Good and Evil, by Jeanette Ross Rule of Law, or Rule of Memorandum? A critique of the 2006 fundaising effort, packaged as The Republican Party Census Document, et al. Responding to George W. Bush's speech on Veteran's Day, 2005: Leadership, and the War on Terror Another letter to Larry Craig, about the Senate's Advice and Consent Deconstructing the 2005 State of the Union speech My account of poll-watching for the 2004 General Election Parsing the algebra of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit Rush is out of rehab, and he's turned liberal! Debating, on the eve of war. Why I oppose war in Iraq Thoughts on the apparent eve of our next war on Iraq The Real Challenge Facing America, a guest editorial from my father, after the Sept. 11th attack on America. Dang it, missed again on the way to our impenetrable missle shield. "Ban the Bomb" became Ban the Bombast after the US Senate voted down ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, on Oct. 13, 1999 W.'s problem with his cocaine use, and his Drug W arning Looking at us looking at The World as 100 People What's wrong with statistics for the census? My view of the impending impeachment of Bill Clinton The non-end of the Cold War, 1998 How we give away land in these here parts, 30 Jan 1999 A letter to my Senator, Larry Craig, Craig's reply, my reply to his reply, and that might be it... |
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Technology |
Inside the Black Box; my review of Frank Pasquale's book, The Black Box Society. An index of things having to do with maps, including description of GIS standards A survivor's view of downsizing: RIFfed Wondering if I should be synergized by the merger of Compaq and Hewlett-Packard. We're on our own after the passing of Bill Hewlett. Duck and cover for the Hailstorm press release we'd like to see. My occasional patent watch of interesting happenings in the field of intellectual property. My compact manual for Server Side Includes on the Apache server. Condensed from Apache's documentation and the information Westhost sent me. A very brief and non-technical Intro to XML, Extensible Markup Language. Microsoft found Guilty!, and Bill has a tantrum. Microsoft found guilty again, but the divestiture decree is set aside. Patent Mania, reflecting on the six millionth US patent. Engineering Software?, 30 Oct 1999 rant about whether engineering could possibly include this 20th century upstart. 10 questions science hasn't answered So you want to be an inventor? Here's a recipe. Land of the Free, browser, that is. |
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Economics |
Economic meltdown, 2008, by Bill Reid Testing the ends of the economic spectrum and what it means to buy local California has energy crises real and imagined. My reaction to (and brief review of) the Cluetrain Manifesto, Aug. 10, 2000 When the Social Security Administration sent me a statement, it prompted me to run a calculation of my interest in Social Security. Less is less, More are better, 16 April 2000 look at Julian Simon's idea of human population as the "Ultimate Resource." Are we having a stock market Crash?! Two Russian Economies, 15 June 1999 Our cultural obsession with growth Stock Market Momentum, Originally posted on 7.Feb 1999, and last updated 13.Nov 1999. Table: Top 100 Market capitalization, updated Dec. 4, 1999 |
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Reviews |
Reflections on recurring tragedy after seeing Opera Idaho's 2018 Madama Butterfly A look back, and deep inside the Forbidden Planet Amusical Review of The Milk Carton Kids and Josh Ritter, at the Egyptian, Aug. 15, 2013 Magic and Freedom: Dancing to a New Tune in The Magic Flute, by Jeanette Ross. Book review of the "business novel," Critical Chain and its project management ideas (1998) Book review of Dialogue and the art of thinking together , by William Isaacs (1999) Dancing in the Spider's Web, Jeanette's review of West Bay Opera's production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Review of the book Genesis and the Big Bang, 1994 Favorite books I've read lately Continuation of my reading list Explanation of my association with Amazon.com, and why my reading list has links to their site. |
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Family & Journal |
My weblog, updated erratically (but frequently). One month chunks. Social media, a poem Waiting to be Seduced by the Don, Jeanette's sesquicentennial memory of Opera Idaho God's Bullies, Jeanette on her soapbox for Banned Books Week Purely Noteworthy, Jeanette's collecting folklore about the afterlife 16 Days in China, Nov. 2003 A photoessay from the opening of the new Boise Airport terminal A day of backcountry skiing on Banner Ridge Photos from a ride on the Thunder Mountain Line of the Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad. It's tulip time in fortboise. Home again from a year in Palo Alto (Jeanette's) Photos and musings from Año Nuevo Our first visit to Yosemite in pictures (mostly) and words. Be it Resolved... for the New Year, 2000. Musing on myopia and other forms of vision loss. An essay on Work / Life balance Home page and main index, with current essay Phototravelogue from Nikko National Park (Japan), 1998 La Jolla MOMA, photo referenced by the BUUF News Family page |
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Sporting topics |
World Cup '98, the punch line My too-late-for-publication rebuttal to the Statesman's sports columnist's rant about soccer Take that out of your mouth! |
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The Blazing Spuds |
The Blazing Spuds through the years. (The 5 seasons' worth of game reports and stats have been sent to the morgue.) |
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Windsurfing |
Morning wind index with Lucky Peak wind reports. A windsurfing fall classic at Lucky Peak reservoir Photo travelogues from three trips to the Gorge in 2001: #1, #2, #3 "Closing Day" photoessay, Sept. 15, 2002. |
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Useful stuff |
Recovering and converting old Quattro Pro files Defuse the IRA Tax Time Bomb with good advice from Ed Slott's books and website. Expanded DHTML tooltips and some of what goes wrong with them. Webhosting comparison shopping I did, before I selected Westhost Feel like you're under an Ad Attack? That's because you are. Here are some ideas for fighting back. It's been updated and reorganized, with my original email to a mailing list and correspondence with Walt Mossberg in separate documents. A brief and hype-free introduction to XML Jakob Nielsen has lots of useful ideas, and a wonderfully inflated ego. Updated, Aug. 2000 Live longer, happier, and with less stress. A brief test drive of the new Honda Insight A dozen tips to save time and space A collection of assorted bookmarks I like 6 reasons not to send Micro$oft another check My Dear Bill letter about an Outlook97 data corruption problem. Poetically, it bounced. (Later, I found his correct address. Still no answer.) |
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