Sliver's Journal 2008-07-13T14:55:03Z Simon P. Lucy http://sliver.objective2k.com/ Newspapers are not Blogs http://sliver.objective2k.com/272/ 2008-07-13T14:55:03Z The Sunday Times relaunched a new design last week which is part of a movement to merge online and traditional media layout. Its one thing for a media to inform another, its quite another to try and make one fake another because its seen as being fas... Life 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy And Lo http://sliver.objective2k.com/271/ 2008-07-13T14:31:22Z a little bloglet was reborn, in new and fashionable colours. Teal, I'm led to believe by my wife, is the in colour and as we've just had the living room redecorated in it, at least partially, I thought I'd celebrate that by redressing the blog. Life Marginalia 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy Eight months later What has now become an almost Annual event http://sliver.objective2k.com/270/ 2007-11-22T17:08:25Z This blog that is. For many and varied reasons I dropped off writing in this. I may begin again, I may add new exciting content. Or I may not. Anyway, the blog itself though the same Zope software as before is now running on an entirely more reliable... Life 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy Belgium Man, Belgium! http://sliver.objective2k.com/269/ 2007-02-26T07:48:35Z Now I know why Douglas Adams coined Belgium as the worst swear word in the Universe. I've just come back from Fosdem, which I think was my fourth and very pleasant and interesting it was meeting people again and for the first time. But in travelling ... Life 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy A walk in the woods http://sliver.objective2k.com/268/ 2006-12-27T10:50:49Z As I said, yesterday we went for a walk in the Wyre Forest. Given the nature of our winters now, the ground is still waterlogged and the churning of mountain bikes can make some of the paths off the wide limestone roads a thick chocolate cream. Its w... Life 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy Boxing Day and wound down http://sliver.objective2k.com/267/ 2006-12-26T17:12:30Z Apart from Agatha winding down waiting for the birds to come take the seeds from the bird table, we went for a walk in the Wyre Forest and just now we're preparing to go to the panto. I'll post the photographs from the Woods tomorrow. Photography Life 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy Five things http://sliver.objective2k.com/266/ 2006-12-22T14:28:13Z Pushed to do this by Andrea I was a Student Union President at 16. I have lived fewer days than I've been alive by the calendar. I have one book published, too remote of interest to be of any interest. My hair was, for a period during the reign of Po... Life The Venice Project 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy Andrea made me do this Applications are now closed... http://sliver.objective2k.com/265/ 2006-12-22T09:49:09Z The form where you could apply yourself to join the Beta test for The Venice Project ™ is now closed. Those that have already applied should either have received their invites now or will be in the very near future. This doesn't mean you can't ... The Venice Project 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy Webit, Webit, Webit http://sliver.objective2k.com/264/ 2006-12-13T09:56:42Z Monday night, in the Dutch Chinese Indonesian restaurant we have a habit of eating in, I may have contributed my own neolgism to the technical vocabulary. Or I may not. I didn't purposefully invent it I just smushed two words together, web and editin... Technical 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy You are cordially invited... http://sliver.objective2k.com/263/ 2006-12-13T09:10:45Z So yesterday evening with the usual attendant last minute quivers and quobbles around releasing we pushed out 0.7.1 and started increasing the number of possible users by sending invitations. Releasing software is 50% anticipation and 50% dread, so t... The Venice Project 2003,2004,2005, 2006 Simon P. Lucy