5. May, 2002 - cinco de mayo, mayday parade

- Yesterday I wrote a short example of programming. It's meant to be a quick introduction to the folks who ask me about programming. I usually can't explain it very well, so I figured I'd explain by example, and since I had a little work to do on the site anyhow, I could write it up as I went.
- There's a lot going on in the Twin Cities today. The biggest events are the May Day Parade and Festival and the Cinco de Mayo Festival
- Experts look at abbey for model in handling sex abusers. Like I've been saying, St. John's Abbey keeps the monks around and isolates them from the larger community, treating them over time. It's a better solution than dumping them out into the world with their problems. The only real problem I have with the handling of abuse at St. John's is that it took them so long to admit the problems publicly. [strib]
- Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet. All about how email should be formatted. Bottom posting/top quoting is the right thing, but it's amazing how much people will talk about something like this.
- Boxes and Arrows: Taking the 'you' out of user. Design a website for a persona. A specific person you've made up in your mind.
- Are there Clusters in the web? Sure. Do I fit in any of them? Damfino. Some of the other groups are well-defined, and I read blogs from them. But I suspect, that just as in real-life, I'm that strange guy standing somewhat apart from all the cliques.
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Last updated on Mon, 06 May 2002 22:27:14.