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Ah, the years pass, don’t they? ... But still, this remains! ... For more than 10 years! ... Nothing compared to The Cernettes who apparently appeared with some of the less complicated particles when the web was young and I only slightly senile....

So behold! and look upon my resumé ye mighty and despair ... and I hope your browser renders the word “ resume?

”, as one of my machines does, when it feels like it — so chic ’n’ wacky! ... Well I finally got terminally bored and set the form to the lovely and gracious “Windows 1252” character-encoding; apparently otherwise the browser guesses to the best of its ability and whim (?). ... Or then again, why not check out the puerile pretensions of my pointlessly-fashionable bloggery. ... Or ...

Whatever happened to all those rants?

Some time in the Clinton administration, I moved my complaints about various gadgets and technical issues to the rant pages, with such exciting topics as how to switch the control/capslock keys in XP.... Then there is my softer aesthetic side, so distinct from the concrete-like

computer-science realism of these pages, my heart-rending mp3 music, notes / discussion thereof. ... Or check out the Hammond Chord Organ story with a lovely picture — and so much more! ... Or avail yourself of the very latest news on Polaroid cameras!....

HACKERS: The tic-tac-toe board over there is FOSS provocateur - extraordinaire Eric Raymond’s very own hacker emblem/logo: a proclamation that I proudly proclaim also, here stand I, proud hacker. ... Etcetera. ... If you didn’t know, “hacker” used to mean helpful computery people — i.e. like I used to be — who could fix things in unimaginable ways, at least to the normal — a concept today more-or-less covered by “geek” — since the stupid media got finished with hackers. ... But Raymond wants to take it back; ... stranger things have happened. ... Click the thing to see his thoughts and excuses. ...

And here’s a search button, which you can try using to search my site if the incredible laser-like organization somehow fails:

Kompozer, the working WYSIWYG HTML editor!

I don’t mean your junky raw-HTML syntax-coloring tripe (although it has that, and so much more!). ... I mean a real hasn’t-crashed in-minutes-of-testing actual editor for human beings! For me! ... For Free Free Free! ... It’s open source, and it seems to work. ... Several times! Ad astra! ... Well there are a few rough spots, but it’s still better than numerous others I’ve tried, which cost money!...

It started at nvu.com, but an enterprising interloper created Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/) which he referred to as “Nvu’s unofficial bug-fix release” — and was the NVU guy frosted! ... Even ’though he admited he abandoned the project, and was moving on to a bigger and better open-source HTML editor any year now. ... Although he did provide a link, so I guess all’s well that ends well....

Anyway the Kompozer guy is planning to take us upwards and onwards now, the product seemed to install and seems to work! ... Go, Kompozer, go! ... Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:23 pm: And look, they’re updating the thing over there; it’s up to version 7.10! And an “alpha” version 8!...

... Pure Hearts ...

Sadly Kompozer’s donation button didn’t work — oh wait, that was just the login screen falling-over! ... But that shows their hearts are really pure! — that they’ll force you to login before they’ll allow you to give them money! ... But you do get a choice of logins: either (1.) sourceforge, which I gave up on years ago when they required me to change my important sourceforge password after 3 weeks in accordance with the most advanced security procedures, or (2.) “open ID” which is something much too advanced and obsolete for me. ... Of course after that I’d probably have to use my Paypal password, assuming either login worked. ... Pure hearts all right there....

Owen’s Rules

1. There are no technical problems, only personnel problems.
2. If it isn’t tested, it’s broken.
3. Include hardware reset in the software interface.

Another item that has puzzled humanity for so many years can best be expressed as a question: Do all stupid programs inevitably dial the internet? Research is ongoing....

And here’s a thought: Features are hardest to fix.

... Finally, an old T-shirt sentiment, as true today as when I first saw it:

E = mc² ...
It’s Not Just a Good Idea,
IT’S THE LAW

click for a nice w98 desktop flag from Tiger Technologies	Terrorist moron sets himself on fire burning the flag (Washington Times).

Pablo Picasso. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. 1907. Oil on canvas, 8’ x 7’ 8’’ (243.9 x 233.7 cm). MoMA.	what we’re fighting for

a cute meter The Amazing RoboHelp Pop-Up demo CD (windows media video)	Owen’s Rules 1. There are no technical problems, only personnel problems. 2. If it isn’t tested, it’s broken. 3. Include hardware reset in the software interface. Another item that has puzzled humanity for so many years can best be expressed as a question: Do all stupid programs inevitably dial the internet? Research is ongoing.... And here’s a thought: Features are hardest to fix. ... Finally, an old T-shirt sentiment, as true today as when I first saw it: E = mc² ... It’s Not Just a Good Idea, IT’S THE LAW
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the j.g. owen web site

Whatever happened to all those rants?

The Kredit Krisis Krunch Katastrophe Krisis Ce Finé!!

Kompozer, the working WYSIWYG HTML editor!

... Pure Hearts ...

My Neighbor Boy is Stranger Than Yours

Owen’s Rules