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Monthly Archive for September, 2008

Accidentally memorable

There’s an old expression in golf, “Every once in a while, even a blind squirrel finds a nut.” It’s usually invoked when an otherwise inept duffer (like myself) makes an incredible golf shot worthy of a pro. This applies to photograpy, too, I think. Sometimes, without realizing it at the time, you just happen to [...]

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There is renewed interest in trying to construct a microblogging platform using XMPP for the “push” or notification of followers. The Open Birdcage project is aiming to
establish a full environment for an XMPP based microblogging service. Environment means the full stack necessary beginning from protocol and API definitions to server side and client side implementations.
I [...]

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A Very Happy Twitter Birthday

To all those who wonder what people see in Twitter, I wish I could show you my Twitter stream from yesterday, my birthday. I got so many warm Happy Birthday wishes from my Twitter friends. Too many to count right now. Many from people I’ve never met in person, but with whom I’ve made a [...]

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I’ve been having a little conversation on Twitter this morning with a fellow golfer in the UK (@greenfee) about the upcoming Ryder Cup matches, which will be held this year at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, KY on September 16 to 21. To tell you the truth, I’d completely forgotten that the Ryder Cup was [...]

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