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Just when you thought you had a handle on Web 2.0, along comes the Cloud.  Cloud computing sounds new but it's really old.  Remember way back in the day when you went to the public library and they had those black-and-green computers to look up stuff in the book catalog?  Well, cloud computing is basically just a return to that.  Stuff isn't handled on your computer, it's handled elsewhere, and sent to you over the web.  Do you use Gmail?  Congratulations--that's cloud computing.

Making fun of Palin is a popular liberal pasttime, like eating quiche, drinking lattes, raising taxes, and surrendering.  A few months ago, when Palin gave her unintelligible resignation speech, William Shatner and Conan O'Brien brilliantly turned it into beat poetry.  For those of you who haven't seen it yet:

I need more web developer friends.  When I learn an awesome new skill like multisite hosting, I have no one to share it with.  So I'll just yammer here.

I've now been running Ubuntu on two computers for 24 hours.  Here are my thoughts.

A few months ago I posted a link to Frank Schaeffer, who gives an excellent glimpse into the minds of the evangelical religious right.  It helped me realize that there is no common ground for liberals and conservatives, unless you're willing to base your arguments in the bible.  (I am, but sadly most Democrats are not.)