Apparently I’m visible8:12 AM EDT 18-Aug-2006Yesterday we went to the library, so I did a little blogging.Yesterday’s session was especially fruitful–I actually got myblogger.com content to be ‘visible.’ Much to my relief, simplypasting one of the ‘sample templates’ from blogger actuallyaccomplished the task, although I hope to learn how to saythings like “add some whitespace…

Union-bashing in high gear in Michigan The astroturf has really hit the fan here in Michigan.The degree to which the television airwaves here have beenbombarded with union-bashing ads demonstrates impressivelydeep pockets. My own pockets are literally empty,but it is still possible to post stuff here for free,so I decided to post some counterpropaganda of my…

Neo-slack and organized labor yet another fan site Recently the main$tream medium (and generally the “lighter” side even of it)has noted (at least among some adult American males) an apparent comeback of the medium-generated “nineties” conceptthat is Slack. We’re talking main$tream medium here, so that’s Slack as iners rather than ware. The medium seems to…

The Slack is Back According to the “keep it loose, keep it light” crew of cheerleaders at the Today Show,the slacker concept is making a comeback.Apparent voluntary unemployment has been observed in American adult males by people in the social sciences.I’m sure if they look they’ll find a few female slackers too.I say apparent because…

I owe my sanity to alternative media I saw an interesting case study in information theory this morning.It was interesting enough, in a human interest sense, to justifyattention from the media. For this particular informationalphenomenon the most imaginable of outlets for such information wouldbe the bottom feeders of the communicating arts’ intelligence as wellas SNR…

One small step for market transparency… On 14 July 2006 I saw the Channel 7Editorial presented by Chuck Stokes. The subject for that day was theunnveiling of the web site michigandrugprices.com. Imagine a database of no less than 30 often-prescribed medicationsare tracked by price and vendor at the above website. A priceinstance database of 30-some…

Ceramics, in relationship to commercial art, art education and more. I have recently been strugglin’ with questions about fair use. Onething that has piqued that interest in recent weeks has been mydiscovery of barcode wikia. Go look it up…learning new markuplanguages is a slow process for Netizen Lorraine. Anyway, much of myinternal ethical struggle has…

=Blogger Lorraine= I finally got a round tuit and wrote a post for my Blogger account.Perhaps it will be the first of many and perhaps it will be the onlyone for some time. Since blogging has gotten a reputation foropinionation, I’ll use the present message for the purpose ofclarifying my opinion system. In this context,…

Much (perhaps too much) has been posted online concerning what Ishall refer to as “opinion taxonomy,” or perhaps more ominously“ideology taxonomy” or “agenda taxonomy.” I shall start herewith a brief summary: * Left vs. right This is the most familiar, and probably also the most derided foroversimplification. I happen to endorse it, partially for itssimplicity,…

Un anade cojo es un alimento muy completo. Keep the aspidistra flying!