From the monthly archives:

July 2007

Shelley wrote an interesting post about the elder bashing on Facebook where she correctly points out that for all of this weekend’s hype about Facebook, there was very little mention of the hatred spewing around. Chuqui then pushes back with this:
All Facebook is doing here — to be blunt about it — is making [...]

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Note to Self: Assume Nothing

by Karoli on July 30, 2007

I have spent all morning straightening out what I thought was completely done with regard to Sticks’ college entrance. Since fees are due today, I figured I’d better check on his account and make sure the enrolllment paperwork that he did earlier this month was complete and that he had a zero balance. [...]

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Where is Sticks?

by Karoli on July 30, 2007

Doing a week-long workshop with Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. This is the band he would like to be the drummer for someday. Can’t wait for the concert Friday.

Technorati Tags: Gordon Goodwin, Big Phat Band, CSUN

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Last Night’s Moon

by Karoli on July 30, 2007

Kind of wild…just before shooting this, several small seals poked their heads out of the water. We must be getting some tropical currents right now, because the water was as warm as it was on Maui, and it’s never been like that here…usually it’s cold, cold, cold!
Technorati Tags: Nikon, D70, Ventura County

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Speaking of Elders…

by Karoli on July 28, 2007

Happy 60th Birthday to Doc Searls.
Technorati Tags: birthday, doc searls, respect

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Facebook’s Ugly Underbelly

by Karoli on July 28, 2007

A couple of weeks ago I made a comment on Robert Scoble’s blog about feeling like Facebook was too juvenile to be taken seriously. Some of the other commenters responded, including Robert, said that it was easy enough to “grow it up” by removing the stupid applications and keeping the more “serious” ones. Maybe.
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