I do that quite a bit as I migrate posts from an old CMS to a new one, and it often arouses good nostalgia. In fact, I posted about that here just a few hours ago.

2016-09-10T16:51:07Z


I think an inverse saucer offers the same horizon. Not truly flat, course, but not a sphere.

// @kdfrawg

2016-09-10T16:35:49Z

certainly not! Grav.

2016-09-10T16:34:39Z

Win/lose afternoon.

For the win, I figured out how to change the look of a post in my other website depending on whether it is a link post or not.

For the lose, I failed to figure out how to display a single random post from the past. I can redirect to one, thanks to a plugin, but not display the content.1

Anyway, it was a fun learning afternoon.

  1. I suppose I could display it in an iframe, or something, but that rather defeats the purpose. Or does it? Hmmmn

2016-09-10T16:06:57Z

I don't disagree but what, in your own personal experiences, convinces you that the earth is not flat?

// @kdfrawg

2016-09-10T16:02:59Z

Good to know. Thanks.

2016-09-10T11:21:08Z

I edited; can you reply now?

2016-09-10T11:15:03Z

Very interesting; 10C refused to post my latest when it had more than one section of quotes.

2016-09-10T11:07:52Z

I've been spending a little time (after a very busy period) bringing some more of the old stuff over here to the new shiny. Looking at posts from 12 years ago -- how time flies -- is bittersweet, but I'm not here to dwell. I'm here to point to a glorious piece from Paul Ford [ftrain.com], which I'm very happy to say is still up.

Of course, you don't arrive at a morally profound motto like “don't be evil” without some serious thought. Here are some of the mottoes that Google tried out and rejected:

  • Google! Dance with the devil, but go home before it gets serious.
  • Google! We won't commit genocide in most circumstances.
  • Google! Don't eat no babies.
  • Google! We could do good, but we're like, whoa.
  • Google! Begone, demon!

I laughed the first time. And I'm still laughing. Especially when you know what Google has become.

2016-09-10T11:07:19Z

Not sure. I was very severe with the orchids, and there doesn't seem to be anything else succumbing. I wonder now whether I might not have watered too late in the day a couple of times, so the leaves stayed wet.

2016-09-10T09:42:04Z