“Enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose it is to detect threats.”

Doc Searls and David Weinberger define What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else in World of Ends

Jeremy Zawodny has written an article for Linux Magazine that does a great job explaining why MySQL 4.x is so nice.

David Sifri spends some time fixing a technorati bug, and has some [intersting observations]2 on the process. “But sometimes you’re stuck. You can’t figure out why something is going wrong. Your usual swami-like powers are just not clicking when it comes to this problem. So you get frustrated. This is a very dangerous time – Pirsig calls this a gumption trap opportunity. Because you’re stuck, you search for answers, and are willing to take blind chances in order to fix the problem expeditiously.

101 things you can do in Mozilla Just in case you’re considering the move to Mozilla.

Finally! National Geographic puts out a [swimsuit issue]1

An old friend – noticing that I was sitting in my kitchen alone, eating some asian noodles and baked salmon, drinking a glass of wine and listening to Etta James – asked “Since when did you start all of this?” I knew the answer of course, but couldn’t bring myself to say it.

Well, we finally got the new Fusionary site up and running. We kept it small, focused, and fun – a lot like Fusionary actually.

Just got back from a weekend away. A few books, DVDs and Mary – everything I needed.

Nielsen continues his recent return to relevency with a piece entitled [Low-End Media for User Empowerment]1.

Just when I thought it might be going away, they plan to launch an [all reality show]1 TV channel.

A small test to see if your philosophical/religious beliefs – or lack of them – contradict each other. Take the test For the record, I took one direct hit and bit 2 bullets.