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Comments accident

You may notice that all comments but the most recent ones are missing. That’s only temporary.
An unfortunate accident occurred the other day as I cleaned out the 15,000 or so spam comments that had accumulated since fall of 2003. A command that should have only deleted those posted before June 1 2005 somehow got rid […]

Back from vacation

Oops. A little script was supposed to fire up last week to tell all my thousands, perhaps dozens, of faithful readers that Talk was on vacation in Desolation Wilderness. But it didn’t, stopped by an error on “line 15.”

Talk has taken a rest from coverage of N.I.C.E., and it’s now on to other juicy subjects–such […]

The meaning of N.I.C.E.

My friend Richard Lompa is having a great time waging a “war” on the proposed Neighborhood Improvement and Community Enhancement district, known as “N.I.C.E.” He has posted his bright-red “Pride” signs in many store windows alongside his opponent’s signs. He says he has talked to about 30 of the 40 landlords, and he says he […]

Talk of the Point comes back

Talk of the Point returns today after a two-month silence. Part of that was spent wrestling with new software. You see it reflected in the new search and notification functions. I hope you like it.