http://ramblings.scherle.org Life, Technology, and Everything Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:39:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 2008 OpenRepositories conference was a lot of fun, but extremely tiring. Many of the days lasted 13 hours, and one day went to 15. As one of my fellow attendees stated, someone was trying to make sure we experienced every last bit of "conferencely goodness". This, combined with the ... http://ramblings.scherle.org/2008/04/08/open-repositories-2008/ Last week, the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) released the first public version of their system. Although they had a huge amount of traffic, most critical reaction was neutral and/or negative. Notably, Rod Page posted a review which was categorized under the heading "suck". And the comments from Slashdot were largely ... http://ramblings.scherle.org/2008/03/03/stop-picking-on-the-eol/ Why should you read this? Frankly, I have no clue. I'm not even quite sure why I'm writing I. it suppose I could say Stevey told me to. Or I could claim that the Great and Powerful Flying Zumwalt wasn't tired of hearing my ramblings yet. But the truth is, I'm ... http://ramblings.scherle.org/2007/11/30/dont-read-this-blog/