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Complexity of Life in Miscellany

September 29th, 2008 7:52 am —  35 views

Here it is Monday morning with a mind brimming with a demanding miscellany of tasks, priorities, and appointments. Probably don’t have the time to write this even…

This weekend was a blur filled with reading and thinking about school , work, and what I have to do to keep my head above water with it all. On Thursday it’s off to Chicago so a compressed week it will be.

Spent some travel time reading Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinburger for a book report that’s coming up a week from tomorrow. The author does a good job describing the emergence of knowledge that we’re only now beginning to recognize but have invisibly relied on for years. It’s obvious when you consider that everyone understands what you mean when you say, “Google it….”

Working a little on a possible assignment excursion this morning, I wanted to figure out how to call Perl scripts via Apache that I have running with WAMP on one of my home computers. So I Google for “perl cgi apache config setup”, read a couple tutorials, edit some files, and got it working in no time. I rely on a knowledge that exists for a purpose shared by others.

Today is going to be a mad rush. Thanks for reading.

Do you rely on and/or contribute to the knowledge that is the Net? I know you do.

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  1. Dawn on October 1st, 2008 8:46 pm

    Thanks for the definition!

  2. Spike on October 1st, 2008 9:53 pm

    We should thank http://dictionary.reference.com/. An awesome use of the Innernets.

    I’m reminded of a dictionary I had and used for a LONG time. It was a pretty big book. Red with thin pages and quality ink. On the inside cover was a note from my mother to herself…a gift for her pursuit of education. She gave it to me and I’m not certain where it is at the moment.

    It may have broken down and been cast aside…but that doesn’t seem likely. More searching necessary.

  3. Dawn on October 2nd, 2008 9:05 am

    I hope you find it. Printed works are still wonderful. And it’s fun (in your spare time) to flip the silky, tissue thin pages and find words you’ve never heard of. Plus, it’s a gift from your Mom, which is priceless.

  4. Spike on April 1st, 2009 11:41 am

    For the record, I found that dictionary.

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