http://www.banane.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:12:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.banane.com/2009/11/14/open-source-and-nanowrimo/ http://www.banane.com/2009/11/14/open-source-and-nanowrimo/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:15:13 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=1367 http://www.banane.com/2009/11/14/open-source-and-nanowrimo/feed/ 2 I made the tough decision last week to shelve Woodward’s Gardens and devote more time to my open source project- with women in ruby, a group that has been meeting on Wednesdays at the Blazing-Cloud space downtown, with my friend Sarah Allen. I was out with a friend of mine who is an artist, after [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/12/05/career-day/ http://www.banane.com/2008/12/05/career-day/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:06:07 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=1043 http://www.banane.com/2008/12/05/career-day/feed/ 6 I’ve been thinking a lot about careers, day jobs, etc. and Too Beautiful, writer Mark Pritchard’s blog today talks about Janice Erlbaum’s post, which was an email from a student attending one of her talks. The student asks 5 questions, and Janice, and Mark, both answer them. I thought I’d take a stab at it [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/11/03/eating-well-for-a-living-kinda/ http://www.banane.com/2008/11/03/eating-well-for-a-living-kinda/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:58:16 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=922 http://www.banane.com/2008/11/03/eating-well-for-a-living-kinda/feed/ 0 You too can enjoy this occupation: write a post on using the Michelin guide and win $150, or a weekend in NYC. Info here: Michelin Discovery Contest. People who I think should do this: Loan, Kathy Me, Rebecca, Greg, and any one else who so feels defined! Just came back from eating at Range- didn’t [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/10/28/ahha-karehiha/ http://www.banane.com/2008/10/28/ahha-karehiha/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:34:44 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=915 http://www.banane.com/2008/10/28/ahha-karehiha/feed/ 4 Ever since I was little I’d look at this one book on the shelf: Ahha Kareheha, or, that’s how I read it. We also had “CHEKHOV” which is really confusing, since that’s not even Cyrillic (there is no V like that), but some 1950s book editor who thought it’d be funny to print an English [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/10/08/palin-lack-of-empathy-and-sympathy/ http://www.banane.com/2008/10/08/palin-lack-of-empathy-and-sympathy/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:32:54 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=882 http://www.banane.com/2008/10/08/palin-lack-of-empathy-and-sympathy/feed/ 0 There are two usages in the English language that I think are pretty important: both are our responses to feelings. One, sympathy, the other, empathy. Either you have experienced it before, sympathy, or you can figure out how one would feel, empathy. Experience, and understanding- Palin lacks both. In watching Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/08/07/poll-prize/ http://www.banane.com/2008/08/07/poll-prize/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:10:55 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=780 http://www.banane.com/2008/08/07/poll-prize/feed/ 0 Here is an official-ish poll to determine the new name of the mystery series. If your choice wins, you get to be a victim (or you can select another character)! Isn’t that exciting. [poll id="2"] p.s. If this spurs your creativity feel free to leave a comment with a new suggestion. It’s a moveable feast. http://www.banane.com/2008/08/06/name-the-new-mystery-series-please/ http://www.banane.com/2008/08/06/name-the-new-mystery-series-please/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:39:33 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=771 http://www.banane.com/2008/08/06/name-the-new-mystery-series-please/feed/ 4 So, I’ve written 2 serialized murder mysteries about the digerati in SF: iMurder (start here), and Killerizr (start here). Not so loosely based on popular social apps and the geeks that build them. Why? Because I absolutely love noir in SF and writing a series is so much fun. OK, it’s hard work, but a [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/05/16/old-school/ http://www.banane.com/2008/05/16/old-school/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 23:48:20 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=710 http://www.banane.com/2008/05/16/old-school/feed/ 0 I felt like writing an old-fashioned blog post. The photo above is another one from the Cooper-Molera adobe in Monterey. It’s architecturally a blend of Mexican/Californian and New England. Like Cape Cod meets Baja. I’m doing a million things, and doing nothing. Moving in molasses. I have an article due for MarketingProfs, and two big [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/05/05/good-writing/ http://www.banane.com/2008/05/05/good-writing/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 20:28:18 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=706 http://www.banane.com/2008/05/05/good-writing/feed/ 0 I cleaned out my bookshelf, dusted off some old books I have kept around but haven’t read. Namely, Howards End (no apostrophe, just discovered that). I really enjoy the website GoodReads, and hope Annaboka will someday be as useful. One of the reviews on there of Howard’s End lauds the third chapter as the best [...] http://www.banane.com/2008/04/26/talking-to-my-splogger/ http://www.banane.com/2008/04/26/talking-to-my-splogger/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:27:53 +0000 banane http://www.banane.com/?p=701 http://www.banane.com/2008/04/26/talking-to-my-splogger/feed/ 2 So, mimickry is the sincerest form of flattery. Thursday, a man in San Diego copied my workblog and called it his own. He called me today (Saturday)- I had wanted him to call me if anything was unclear about my request, essentially to cease and desist use of my writing on his servers. He explained [...]