I’ve been participating in an industry
association committee that is evaluating data exchange standards. Part of this process is mapping representative documents to potential standards (this week, OAGIS and UDEF). Naturally, this is being done by filling in an existing Excel worksheet with a row for each data element.
This works out well for the […]
Monthly Archives: November 2003
Metadata context
November 20, 2003 – 12:00 am
Yippee Kai Aye
November 19, 2003 – 12:00 am
I haven’t been to Texas since I was about 5. I forgot it was so flat.
First, I discovered the hotel’s shuttle from the airport didn’t actually exist, so I got to take a cab from DFW to Richardson. Although the cabbie was an African immigrant, he has acclimated thoroughly enough to prefer country […]
Big Time
November 19, 2003 – 12:00 am
Finally recognized as a real city, St Louis gets a http://stlouis.craigslist.org/.
Om Asatoma Sadgamaya
November 15, 2003 – 12:00 am
There has been a lot of whining about The Matrix
Revolutions. Even those that appreciate the action complain that this was a weak resolution for a philosophically compelling story. Of course, these whiners are missing the point.
In May, I speculated that “human choice empowers us” was looking to be the cheap resolution in store. […]
Overheard
November 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
Great line from a father to his son of about 7 as he rampages around with his younger brother in the PDX gate waiting area: “A.J., don’t act your age.”
Cults
November 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
Upon hearing of my 12 block walk in the cold rain last night here in Portland, one woman remarked “you’re one of us, now!” How apropos.
Aesthetic geography
November 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
The elusive business meeting actually occurred, no thanks to mischievous email spirits.
There’s something about the Pacific Northwest that seems well suited to the pursuit of beauty. The land certainly contributes, but so does the culture. I appears people are simply enjoying life more than they seem to be in other regions. Here […]
So dark the con of man
November 8, 2003 – 12:00 am
The Da Vinci Code is a great work of fiction, but it seemed particularly suitable for my reading. I’ll avoid any spoilers, but anyone reading it will recognize the abundant coincidences between the book’s themes and my life:
I was brought up Roman Catholic. My brother has joined the Society of Jesus and has […]
Portland
November 6, 2003 – 12:00 am
I’ve found myself in Portland, OR on a vaporous business trip. Vaporous because the potential client I’m up here to meet has not communicated since an invitation that is now three days old. I might be just walking up to their front desk tomorrow and saying “I happened to be in the neighborhood…”
Once […]
Morbid friends
November 4, 2003 – 12:00 am
Surfing
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this evening (have to update after a bookstore run), I noticed that 7th in my list of
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is the http://www.stltoday.com/obituaries/. Guess I need to lighten up the content here.
