Ernest Lombardi

Giving in isn’t giving up

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:22:12 +0000

I’ve fought the good fight. Since 2001 I’ve blogged exclusively via Blogger. It’s been a good run. Blogger made blogging easy, and maintenance was a non-issue, but all good things must come to an end.

Google has decided to reign in the Blogger community and put all of our content under one umbrella. All the better to protect us and our content no doubt. The initial response from the blogging masses was not favorable. Google’s move to sequester their very own corner of the Blogosphere had the immediate effect of disenfranchising hundreds, if not thousands, of blogs catering to readers and publishers in China. Since blogs hosted on Google-owned domains are blocked in the PRC it will be “as if a million voices cried out and were suddenly silenced.”

Closer to home, my own blogs have been clipped off from other content on the domains I own. Sure, clumsy page redirects and some creative scripting could have resolved this, but at what cost?

Fortunately, the Blogger team at Google prepped the community in advance, and made a good effort towards helping us export our blogs if that’s what we chose to do, and I did.

So here we are, nine years later in 2010 and I’ve finally moved over to Wordpress. A little spit, a little polish, and a bit of PHP hacking and we’re back up and running!

So long Blogger, and thanks for all the fish.

Not down with Google Wave?

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Then maybe Etherpad is a better fit. Google pulled a Microsoft and bought-up the project and pillaged the code for use in Wave, but instead of sinking the code into a proprietary vault when they were done, they released it as an open source project:

Etherpad source code…and limited support…can be had here.

health care reform

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:34:00 +0000

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Better, Faster, Stronger

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:29:00 +0000

It’s Science

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:20:00 +0000

I’m on a boat: Navy Redux

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Someone wise once said…

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:45:00 +0000

“True love is watching someone die of cancer.” It’s a sentiment I’ve lived through. More than once. And anyone else who has done the same knows the look of person who has seen the most important person in their universe endure a brush with death. That’s why this video hit home for me. In it, former President George H.W. Bush comments on his wife Barbara’s recovery after a “routine” heart operation.

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Now whether or not you consider heart valve replacement surgery routine for a women of 83 years of age is one thing, but what can not be disputed is the joy and relief expressed by the former president. How many other Americans will have this privilege? How many of us now know that when the time comes, our own loved ones will be similarly cared for? These are particularly relevant questions when douche nozzles like Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) has the gall to state that “Health care is a privilege…It’s not necessarily a right.“

Fuck you. Seriously.

Fix health care now for the rest of us.

The Mentalists cover MGMT using iPhones and iPods

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:53:00 +0000

Sweet cover MGMT’s Kids using iPhones and iPods armed with apps available at the app store

Obama’s Elf

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:27:00 +0000

I got nothin’. Happy Fat Tuesday.

I’m on a boat!

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:03:00 +0000