I've seen this before, but it's worth repeating.

Some lessons learned.

2nd Email. I get a lot of email. I post it very infrequently. This is a keeper.

As I've Matured...

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

I've learned that one good turn gets most of the blankets.

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just jack
asses.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more
screwed up than you think.

I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

I've learned that it is not what you wear, it is how you take it off.

I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're
finished.

I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things.

I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming back.

I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are
celebrities.

I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your
house,
one of your kids did it.

I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you
too soon and all the less important
ones just never go away. And the real pains in the ass are permanent.

Pass this along to 5 friends...trust me, they'll appreciate it. Who knows,
maybe something good will happen.

If not...tough.

As Always ... Keep grinning .... it makes people wonder what you are up to

 [raving lunacy]

Since I talk about learning from time to time this seemed worth keeping and passing along.

[McGee's Musings]

3:26:54 AM    

What IS this??

PeopleAggregator alpha is A material..

The PeopleAggregator is starting to come together very nicely. Feels simple, usage nearly obvious. A pleasant experience. Pretty easy to define relationships.

And it's built on xml.

Here's my public page and the RDF underneath it.

Some thoughts on relationship vectors...  

When I declare my connection to someonein PA, I pick one of these types:

• know of
• don't know but want to
• know of in passing
• know by reputation
• acquaintance
• friend
• close friend
• relative

The degrees of friendship are very nice and upbeat, but I think it conflates (a word I don't get to use very often) three dimensions into one:

• time (past, present, possible future relationship),
• strength (distant to close relationship), and
• attraction (love, neutral, hate).

I should be able to declare that I mildly dislike Amy, my current wife. Or that I intensely hate Bob, my former boss. Or that I have a crush on Cat, this person I barely know. If the scales are quantified, you can do marvelous things with recommendations, matching, etc.

Add an "other relationship" category to accomodate the many ways we define our relationships. "Slept with", "worked with", "screwed over", "blogrolled but never met", "makes me gag", "lust after", "we're both Elks", "divorced me", and of course "know, but don't want to" (needing to divest). "Family" is also a pretty broad and shallow bucket; Genealogy XML covers more of that ground. And this doesn't even get into culture-specific notions; tribal affiliation means different things if you are a Native American, a Jew, a Boy Scout, or a Kurd. Leave room for those wonderful connections and the results will astonish. 

[a klog apart]

[a klog apart]

3:25:32 AM    

This lady should be running for president.

Elizabeth Edwards comments on yesterday's Times mag article and the candidate debates:

"In truth, these formats serve best the candidates with the least developed ideas, for a simple sound bite might be all they have to say about an issue. In fact, in one debate where a candidate was asked several follow-up questions on a particular issue, the series of responses was embarassing for the absence of flesh on the bones and the candidate was left simply to repeat the elements of the previous sixty-second answer in a different order."

"(T)he candidates are not encouraged by the media to be steady, statesmanlike, disciplined, visionary -- all the qualities we hope our President to be."

[EdCone.com]

3:23:23 AM