On 5 December I'll leave the U.S. to spend an undetermined period in what may become my new home in The Netherlands -- Rotterdam. I'll live in temporary housing until their immigration department finalizes my residency permit, which I hope will happen within a couple of months. I'll rent out my house in Oberlin, Ohio for short stays and will ( Read more... )

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Target will stop separating toys and bedding into girls’ and boys’ sections.

(Target's original statement.)

This is a very big deal, and represents more courage than people will likely realize.

Besides standing up against their customers -- and some customers will be upset -- they're ( Read more... )

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I'm on the "Authored Content" show with fellow lynda.com authors Morten Rand-Hendriksen and James Williamson, this Friday at noon PST: https://plus.google.com/events/cvqs743slmatq355hldmu7pj5v4 . Come harass me in a relevant fashion. (Or be relevant in a harassing fashion. The ( Read more... )

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I devised a mnemonic to remember the major East-West streets in the northern part of Central L.A. It is:

"Holy shit! The Flying Spaghetti Monster ate my balls on the World Wide Web!"

That is, H S F SM B 3 W.

Which equals: Hollywood, Sunset, Fountain, Santa Monica, Beverly, 3rd, ( Read more... )

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The magazine for the world's largest association for computer professionals has published my video! It celebrates the work of Leslie Lamport, recipient of the 2013 ACM A.M. Turing Award. It's at http://vimeo.com/95177539, and is promoted at http://cacm.acm.org/news/175166-general- ( Read more... )

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My friend Chelsea has a radio show on Oberlin College radio station WOBC where she invites people in to play songs that have great personal meaning, with explanations to accompany. Here's the show I did, recalling songs that mean "Oberlin" to me in various ways. Enjoy!

Here's the ( Read more... )

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Digging a parking space for a visiting lover inspired this.

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I wrote a northern valentine,
My shovel in the snow
To clear another parking space
For you to come and go.

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I've been trying to do more non-tech stuff, and am pleased to have had two pieces come out this week. First is a series of photos in our local paper, the Oberlin News-Tribune; second is an essay in Belt Magazine about the mindset of Rust Belt people, "Welcome to Lower Self- ( Read more... )

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Oberlin College asks its alumni to give career advice to students. And here I am. Good idea? You decide.

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Today is the 25th National Coming Out Day, inaugurated after the 1987 March on Washington, which I attended. For the record, I'm bisexual.