The devastation from Hurricane Charley has been on my mind this weekend.
So has the devastation from typhoon Rananim.
Politicans, climatologists, scientists, engineers and the public will argue, define, debate the whys of weather cycles, and that is understandable.
I’ve listened to the anger and frustration coming out of Florida at the inaccuracy of hurricane forcasting, and I’m [...]

I certainly add a yes! to Asterick*s ideas of what makes a successful blog.
This is very well thought out. I noticed that technical things don’t top the list, nor are they mentioned. I find that interesting because we know that the majority of people who blog do so because they find the medium relational.
Technical things [...]

Cuba survived Hurricane Charlie, with no deaths reported. One man was killed in Jamacia as the tropical storm gained strength.
Florida has prepared to be hit today.
In China, in spite of the evacuation of nearly 1/2 million citizens in the patch of typhoon Rananim, 63 people are dead and over 1,800 are wounded.
The storm hit south [...]

Have any studies been done about the reasons that long time bloggers put up the final post?
Has it been determined what a long time in blogging is?
We know there are 4+ million blogs.
We know most bloggers quit within three months.
We know many come back and try again and last longer.
We know blogging is still [...]

Clouds have been heavy here, with only the occasional sprinkle of rain for the past few days.
They just opened up, poured out silver drops, and the sun shone at the same time.
Wow. It was awesome.
I dashed out and looked up to a full spectrum rainbow filling the southeastern sky.
It was so beautiful it hurt.
The [...]

I had one of those days where serendipitous interruptions interrupted my ‘to do’ list.
So, when I sat down at the computer to catch up on the news, I was willingly distracted by an interesting messenger chat with an overseas friend.
I didn’t notice at first that I had Drudge up in the background until the page [...]

“Those who should use the word genocide never let it slip their mouths. Those who unfortunately do use it, banalise it into a validation of every kind of victimhood” - Michael Ignatieff
In our media driven age, almost every word becomes overused and trivialized.
This BBC article looks at the word, born in 1943.
Greek word “genos” [...]

The 3D Church of Fools, an interactive avatar church run by the Ship of Fools recently had Tony Campolo as preacher for a service.
Campolo was in the US. So, how did the web masters put Campolo and his words in the pulpit?
Terry Mattingly explains in this article for Scrippts Howard News Service.
Then Campolo froze for [...]