• Wolfram Alpha
  Shelley's thoughts on today's NBT in search
  Tags: shelleypowers wolframalpha search ai wolfram
• Answering client questions about perceived risks and benefits
  "My last client never brought charges."
  Tags: consulting techrepublic
• Wolfram Alpha: Next major search breakthrough? | Outside the Lines …
  But will it be able to find my keys?
  Via the Code Project.
  Tags: research wolfram wolframalpha mathematica search semanticweb ai

• Women in Tech: Shelley Powers
  Some things I knew, and a lot I didn't know.
  Tags: shelleypowers interview semanticweb blogher feminism
• In Defense of Mighty, Morphin, Now-a-Her Rangers
  A wild tour through aquatic conservation, conservatism, Christianity, and of course Power Rangers.
  Tags: johncamden powerrangers christianity religion conservation conservatism
• Circular bit-shifting in Synergy/DE
  For all you Synergistas who need your bits shifted circularly
  Tags: synergyde chipstips bitwise shift

• The Truth About Autism: Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know
  “… their brains — are totally different.” Not damaged. Not dysfunctional. Just different. Via schafer.
  (tags: autism research)
• Killer miltary robots pose latest threat to humanity
  “robots that will decide on where, when and who to kill” — what could possibly go wrong?
  via The Code Project.
  (tags: robots ai military)
• Reality-Driven Development
  Evolve or die. Thanks, Arjan.
  (tags: development design programming methodology agile reality)
• Some side-by-side analogies – Ballastexistenz
  Amanda responds to the Wired article
  (tags: autism)
• THE 6 BEST SMART ASS ANSWERS OF 2007 – iBLOGthere4iM
  Is it surprising that the first two are from airline employees?
  (tags: comebacks humor)
• Where the rubber meets the rock
  “Tools matter because we believe programmers matter.” There’s the balancing point.
  (tags: programming raganwald tools)
• Bb’s RealTech | Semantic Web: Dull as Dishwater edition
  Shelley puts down her slide-rule long enough to explain why the semantic web matters.
  (tags: semanticweb rdf web)
• How to Explain RSS to Normal People – 2008 Edition « // Internet Duct Tape
  RSS can get you laid – Q.E.D.
  (tags: rss facebook feeds socialmedia)

One gains, one relinquishes authority; both portentous: in 26 AD Pontius Pilate was appointed prefect of Judaea, where he would make an enduring name for himself. The same year, Tiberius largely retired from being emperor to permanently vacation in Capri, letting the Roman empire continue to go to hell.

Across Puget Sound from where I sit, TDavid blogs his side of the storm. Looks like the east side was also without power since Thursday night, but it’s getting restored. Back at you, TD. Stay safe.

Tara Hunt: “Stats mean nothing if they don’t account for real people who are truly interested.” How many of those do you have? But even that number is irrelevant.

Chris Samuel liked my simple specification. Thanks for the link, Chris!

Shelley distinguishes syntax and semantics. The former is form, the latter is fecal fecundity.

Joel decides to supplement the discussion on simplicity with a “new” term: elegance. Hmm, seems like I’ve heard that one somewhere before, only it didn’t have much to do with avoiding “intrusion into the user’s actual DNA-replication goals”.

Maybe it’s wishful thinking, Doug. Pax vobiscum, baby!