http://news.shelanman.com/ en-us Copyright 2007 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:13:37 -0800 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:34:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It's been ages since I wrote here... but I just felt the urge to log in and write something this evening. Originally, it was going to be some pathetic whining about stupid errands that I tried to run today to... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2007/12/misadventures_i_4.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2007/12/misadventures_i_4.html State of the Shelanman Address Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:13:37 -0800 [Editor's Note: After about a year since last logging in, I found this true story of how I pathetically got myself stuck out in the rain sitting, marked as 'unpublished' This story occurred during the only significant rainstorm of the... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/12/on_bicycling_ra_1.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/12/on_bicycling_ra_1.html State of the Shelanman Address Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:22:37 -0800 And so the journey continues. So, Sunday, I return from iHop... despite the yummy sauce, I feel let down. But mostly frustrated. That was definitely the primary emotion. Fast forward about 2 days... it's Tuesday night, and I'm recovered... ready... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i_2.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i_2.html State of the Shelanman Address Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:10:29 -0800 Sorry for the long delay... I somehow got sidetracked... so easy to do, I know. So, last time, we ended with the sad, sad faded sign at the local iHop. Incidentally, that's the one near the John Wayne Airport here... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i_3.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i_3.html State of the Shelanman Address Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:23:34 -0800 Continued from Misadventures in Cooking, Part I So, I awoke Tuesday morning, to the not-necessarily-uplifting sound of Luca Turilli blasting over the iPod. (hey, whatever works, right?) Once I shook off the crazy dreams, I jumped up out of bed,... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i_1.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i_1.html State of the Shelanman Address Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:10:26 -0800 Hail, faithful reader! You are indeed a faithful reader of mine if you caught this post, the first in many moons, I'm going to start writing again, both because I need the practice, and because I think I have something... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/10/misadventures_i.html State of the Shelanman Address Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:47:08 -0800 On the off chance that one of you friendly people out in the ether happens to be looking for a place to live, I thought I'd let you all know that... I've got a room... and I need to find... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/08/i_need_a_roomma.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/08/i_need_a_roomma.html State of the Shelanman Address Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:47:46 -0800 Well, now it's day 4 of OSCON, and I'm still attending classes... the classes are all shorter now -- just 45 minutes apiece instead of the 3.5 hours they were Monday and Tuesday. I've taken classes on a number of... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/07/oscon_06_day_4.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/07/oscon_06_day_4.html State of the Shelanman Address Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:19:37 -0800 I'm currently at O'Reilly's Open Source convention up in Portland this week. Portland was discustingly hot until late last night when it suddenly became nice out. Which is good, because it's hard to focus on learning stuff when you're uncomfortable.... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/07/oscon_2006.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/07/oscon_2006.html State of the Shelanman Address Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:02:32 -0800 http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/03/why_cant_we_fin.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/03/why_cant_we_fin.html Real World, Re-mystified Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:57:32 -0800 Last night, after having been unable to get anyone from A.B.E. to return my phone calls or e-mails for over a month, I received a call from the A.B.E. Delivery guy, telling me he had a pair of doors to deliver. Today they arrived. The doors looked to be both the right color and the right size. They were even properly handle-free. But, they were lacking the necessary hardware for installation! So, the delivery guys took both the old doors and the new doors away, and promised to return with the proper parts in 15 minutes. http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/03/the_desk_saga_c.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/03/the_desk_saga_c.html State of the Shelanman Address Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:53:30 -0800 Headline: "Hamas: We Drink Jews' Blood" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/682921.html I am continually amazed at the degree of evil in the world. What is truly amazing to me, however, is that there are people; many prominent people; who sympathize with these beasts. What... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/02/what_were_up_ag.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/02/what_were_up_ag.html Real World, Re-mystified Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:57:41 -0800 Today I encountered this heart-warming tale from the The Liberty Belles". It travelled a goodly distance before arriving here on my blog, so... it's of questionable origin. But it is so wonderful that you simply must read it... so, here... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/02/a_heartwarming_1.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/02/a_heartwarming_1.html The Shelanman Post Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:04:36 -0800 My daily slashdot news crawl came across this ">CNN article that outlines a federally-mandated universal hiring process for all companies employing 50 or more people. What I'm trying to figure out is how this accomplishes anything for anybody besides creating... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/02/nationalized_hi.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/02/nationalized_hi.html Rants, Pure and Simple Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:14:44 -0800 Today is the tale of two companies I've recently done business with. One company is the Custom Comfort Mattress Company, the other is ABE Office Furniture A few months ago I spent about two hours in the Custom Comfort store... http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/01/customer_unsati.html http://news.shelanman.com/archives/2006/01/customer_unsati.html Rants, Pure and Simple Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:45:17 -0800