In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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- You only have to reach 99 people.
- we arrive to genuinely question authority but find ourselves in relative isolation - another implied plea @pwgd
- VisionsUnite tonight: what's happening right where you are right now
- Reading White Oleander; to care and be strong? ...a little more at the link
- Power imbalance is inefficient
- Venezuela & Building a New Society from Below talk with Julio Chavez, Noam Chomsky, and Michael Albert
- May people no longer easily fear entire other groups while trusting our own power-mad elites
- Israeli Government Destroying Lives In and Out of Gaza for Years to Come
- Vigilante murders of black men in New Orleans after Katrina
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on equinox, on 7 years of war on Iraq, walked with 20 people to remind town we're occupying a couple countries and ruining lives
Sat, 2010/03/20 - 3:40pm — Benjamin Melançonlistening to a recording of a consulting call, it's so painful to hear myself pause to think that i wish i said um more!
Tue, 2010/03/16 - 3:06pm — Benjamin Melançonglad house is on high ground, but temporarily changing friendship goals from people who grow food to people who build boats.
Mon, 2010/03/15 - 7:57pm — Benjamin Melançonthanks all for birthday wishes on Facebook (it's like it told you!)- helps keep e-mail under control as life stays crazy & good!
Fri, 2010/03/12 - 8:34pm — Benjamin Melançoninvites all without dinner plans or a desire to break them, within travel distance to Natick, to late dinner @ 33 Fisher tonight
Fri, 2010/03/05 - 7:32am — Benjamin Melançondanced in living room to Beatles' Twist and Shout and Ray Charles' Do You Love Me waiting for 'git add' massive old drupal site
Wed, 2010/03/03 - 11:10pm — Benjamin Melançonlost e-mail and instant message (Thunderbird, Adium stopped being visible yesterday); expected productivity gains did not occur.
Mon, 2010/03/01 - 11:28am — Benjamin Melançonnot for me (agaric remains a collective!) but any Drupal shops looking for a remote / Boston based relentless developer?
Sun, 2010/02/28 - 10:55pm — Benjamin Melançonconcludes that power steering in a Honda Insight was never necessary anyway
Mon, 2010/02/22 - 1:27am — Benjamin Melançonis in high demand on the karaoke circuit. It's on twitter! Twitter wouldn't lie, would it, @ahasaetharu?
Tue, 2010/02/16 - 3:56pm — Benjamin Melançonran 18K 'cause 3 friends training for 5K & @anjalifp did another 15K like before breakfast- trying to match but fun route longer
Sat, 2010/02/13 - 5:31pm — Benjamin Melançonon late train that was to be express to Boston: "This is the local train; the express is right behind us." One track #mbta #fail
Fri, 2010/02/12 - 9:41am — Benjamin Melançonhas four new agile project management books and no time to read them. Hmm.
Sat, 2010/02/06 - 9:43am — Benjamin MelançonRest in peace, Howard Zinn, for we promise not stop working for justice. http://historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html
Wed, 2010/01/27 - 9:26pm — Benjamin MelançonDonate where it helps - http://mlncn.com/node/1486 - groups in Haiti with a history of good work and a good sense of history
Tue, 2010/01/19 - 8:13am — Benjamin Melançonjust got go-live approval for (part 1 of) the project that ate Agaric. Waiting for traffic to thin out before leaving Cambridge.
Fri, 2010/01/15 - 7:22pm — Benjamin MelançonHaiti, world's test case. Indomitable people overcome coups, economic war, now earthquake; we all can make it.
Wed, 2010/01/13 - 11:05am — Benjamin Melançonnote to the MBTA: if you don't want passengers hanging on your locked doors, don't pull out when they're running up the platform
Tue, 2010/01/12 - 9:24pm — Benjamin Melançonwent sledding the first three days of 2010. Missed a day. Will have to go twice today to catch up.
Tue, 2010/01/05 - 5:42am — Benjamin Melançonlast status meant no new year's eve plans. 2010 plans include work (Agaric / Drupal) and a better world (Visions Unite / PWGD).
Fri, 2010/01/01 - 9:02pm — Benjamin Melançonhas no New Years' plans which perfectly symbolizes his limitless possibilities!
Tue, 2009/12/29 - 2:29am — Benjamin Melançonunilaterally wishes Merry Christmas unto most of his friends from the safety of having already finished with Chanukah
Thu, 2009/12/24 - 8:51pm — Benjamin Melançonconsidering taking vitamins in honor of Casimir Funk... and a couple months of steady hair shedding.
Wed, 2009/12/23 - 5:37pm — Benjamin Melançondashing through the snow, pulling cars out of ditches and moving trees off roads and giving transport with a 4-wheeler!
Sun, 2009/12/20 - 2:50am — Benjamin Melançonolder brother Jake and girlfriend Sarah just replaced the Celtics jacket that Drupal rockstar quicksketch lost in Paris-- 2008!
Fri, 2009/12/18 - 8:05pm — Benjamin Melançonworking on devilish details of a site upgrade from my brother's log palace in West Virginia- nephews should arrive home soon!
Wed, 2009/12/16 - 6:57pm — Benjamin Melançonpulling an all-nighter from Lazo's Tacos, 2009 North Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois. The Drupal must go on; veggie burritos help
Mon, 2009/12/14 - 12:54am — Benjamin Melançonon train to Drupal Camp Chicago via visits in Syracuse and Rochester with @hefoxed - have room in Evanston thanks to @ceardach!
Tue, 2009/12/08 - 7:29pm — Benjamin Melançonever wonder if a Drupal node had more path aliases than you see on the edit page? no? if you ever do: http://bit.ly/8IMHA4
Fri, 2009/11/27 - 7:38am — Benjamin Melançonthanks the world for unfairly good treatment and hopes to give back
Fri, 2009/11/27 - 7:26am — Benjamin Melançonwill come up with a great word for each letter of his name for the next time it needs to be spelled over the phone
Wed, 2009/11/25 - 6:12am — Benjamin Melançonattending #massgtug #wavehack and trying to figure out how to bring Drupal into it
Sat, 2009/11/21 - 12:04pm — Benjamin MelançonChicago or bust: Drupal campers vote today for the how-to-contribute-to-Drupal session http://bit.ly/53eOWL and I'll be there!
Fri, 2009/11/20 - 6:56pm — Benjamin Melançonwashing dishes after a nice party, after almost being arrested for stalking driving for groceries, after a solid day of work
Fri, 2009/11/20 - 3:10am — Benjamin Melançoncalls a dinner party for this Thursday (tomorrow) evening at the Natick abode just because it is time
Wed, 2009/11/18 - 2:34pm — Benjamin Melançonkeeps wandering outside to look for this meteor shower. Will have to be content with good work and cooking.
Wed, 2009/11/18 - 2:52am — Benjamin MelançonOne Man's Plan to End Poverty: Tuesday evening at Harvard, Brooks House, 1 Oxford St., 6:15 p.m. OR 8:30 p.m.
Mon, 2009/11/16 - 11:52am — Benjamin MelançonWHOOOO! I said that was my kind of party!! Talking dancing singing; cooked 2nd round of food at 2 a.m. Just got to Grandpa's.
Sun, 2009/11/15 - 11:03am — Benjamin Melançonto my kind of party: host hopes South Asian community, anti war, and Latin America solidarity activists will learn & join
Sat, 2009/11/14 - 3:16pm — Benjamin Melançonshouldn't've slept & should've been more productive awake. Happy Armistice and Veteran's days, will celebrate with nonstop work.
Thu, 2009/11/12 - 7:39am — Benjamin Melançonstill has the house all alone for a couple weeks and if it is still standing at the end will consider those weeks misspent
Tue, 2009/11/10 - 11:41am — Benjamin Melançonin Cambridge for D7CX: The Drupal 7 Contrib eXperience, making modules upgrade-ready. Somerville cops have my van. #parkingfail
Sun, 2009/11/08 - 11:29am — Benjamin Melançonwonders if partying on 2 hours sleep after crazy busy week is smart, hiding in a back room doing Drupal until it gets going
Fri, 2009/11/06 - 8:55pm — Benjamin Melançonthanks Drupaller @aellison for sending a #googlewave invite on my behalf! If anyone knows what it is about I'm ben.agaric there.
Tue, 2009/11/03 - 9:02pm — Benjamin MelançonHAS Google Wave but needs to invite an important person to use it! Anyone know how to get there or have an invite to share?
Mon, 2009/11/02 - 11:40pm — Benjamin Melançonspent the extra hour on Facebook... on people and pics from an awesome wedding! Congratulations Manda and Rich!!!!
Sun, 2009/11/01 - 8:11am — Benjamin Melançonneeds Chinese lanterns and money plants for Saturday- anyone have any dried, or know a field that still has them in New England?
Fri, 2009/10/30 - 9:00am — Benjamin Melançonhas the house alone for a month. If it stays standing something's being done wrong. Party/visit/housemate suggestions?
Tue, 2009/10/27 - 12:29am — Benjamin MelançonHondoran resistance to counter coup's fake election: ballot boxes to let majority support a new constitution http://is.gd/4zypF
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 12:55pm — Benjamin Melançonolder brother and his girlfriend's car stolen while they collect signatures to keep smoking in the local WV bar #surreal
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 12:48pm — Benjamin MelançonTwitter and consequences: http://friendsoftortuga.wordpress.com/ Defend free speech and the right to assemble
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 3:23am — Benjamin Melançonsees golden-orange locust trees against a darkening sky; seagulls, gilded too, on their bellies from the sun below, fly behind.
Thu, 2009/10/22 - 5:35pm — Benjamin Melançonlooking at the locust trees, glowing golden in the setting sun, outside my grandfather's window in Wellfleet
Thu, 2009/10/22 - 5:23pm — Benjamin Melançonloves fall in New England: a Sunday of SNOW, and then warm sun and gorgeous golden trees today. OT: RDF is in Drupal now!
Mon, 2009/10/19 - 9:00pm — Benjamin Melançonheard Zoya of http://rawa.org/rawa.html speak, RAWA fights Soviet, Taliban, US usurpers in Afghanistan since before we were born
Sun, 2009/10/18 - 2:35pm — Benjamin Melançonspending Drupal Event Singularity weekend (tip @msamye - Montreal, San Francisco, Vancouver, Hudson Valley) working RDF
Sun, 2009/10/18 - 2:33pm — Benjamin Melançonhome! -- where the recycling guy likes me -- in New England! -- where it is doing a credible job of snowing this 16th of October
Fri, 2009/10/16 - 8:00am — Benjamin Melançonback in the United States of America and filling calendar with Drupal work
Tue, 2009/10/13 - 6:44am — Benjamin Melançonhad new experience of hearing last name pronounced correctly over a P.A. system... thanks Montreal for connecting flight wake-up
Tue, 2009/10/13 - 6:37am — Benjamin Melançon@ianforberpratt didn't explain status but shared first attempt at awesome video reflecting awesomeness of @anjalifp
Sun, 2009/10/11 - 2:55am — Benjamin Melançonwishes @anjalifp good health and good speed in the Chicago Marathon today!!!
Sun, 2009/10/11 - 1:42am — Benjamin Melançonspent a pleasant day @brightlemon office in London working (fruitlessly) on RDF and comment entity loading
Fri, 2009/10/09 - 12:48pm — Benjamin MelançonRT AlGiordano Poll: Wide Majority of Hondurans Oppose Coup d'Etat, Want Zelaya Back: http://tinyurl.com/yagoun8 #Honduras
Wed, 2009/10/07 - 4:18am — Benjamin Melançonworking from London for last week in Europe, any Drupal meets not listed on http://drupal.org.uk ?
Tue, 2009/10/06 - 7:00pm — Benjamin Melançonended Yom Kippur fast the traditional Jewish way, at a Chinese restaurant. Also, Paris is awesome, on to Dublin.
Mon, 2009/09/28 - 11:37pm — Benjamin MelançonHonduras Coup Leader Micheletti Decrees 45-Day Suspension of Constitutional Liberties: http://is.gd/3JVk1 #honduras
Mon, 2009/09/28 - 2:39am — Benjamin Melançonmanually going through 250 ported Drupal pages' paths, WYSIWYG compatibility, meta data for perfection. #donotdisturb
Thu, 2009/09/24 - 6:52pm — Benjamin Melançongiving Anjali's facebooks & tweets good http://anjfp.us home; twitter says i'm at war http://j.mp/4EUzHX against lifestream rot.
Fri, 2009/09/18 - 12:11pm — Benjamin Melançon@msamye body missing Rome's Hotel Beautiful? Me, I'm on the U.S. ex-pat's German healthcare plan: 45 min run followed by beer
Fri, 2009/09/18 - 4:22am — Benjamin Melançonrunning alongside a bicycle feels very clunky in comparison. But that's good preparation for Drupal 5 views.
Wed, 2009/09/16 - 6:20pm — Benjamin Melançonalthough yesterday's status implied a certain grasp of time zones, up at 4 a.m. CET today for a 10 a.m. EST meeting (4 p.m. CET)
Mon, 2009/09/14 - 10:46pm — Benjamin Melançondid key work and e-mails before 6 in the morning... sadly, that's noon here in Germany, so not so impressive.
Mon, 2009/09/14 - 6:03am — Benjamin Melançonin Wilhelmshaven, Germany, sleep-Drupalling while Stefan (moderately alertly) works too
Sun, 2009/09/13 - 4:21pm — Benjamin Melançonsaw German band Johannes Oerding live on beach in Timmendorf, now in Hamburg cooking (eating) with Alexandra, Daniel, and Stefan
Sat, 2009/09/12 - 5:19pm — Benjamin Melançonin Hamburg, Germany pushing out Drupal work after 14 hr train while super-kind hosts (Stefan's sister et al) shop for tomorrow
Fri, 2009/09/11 - 3:33pm — Benjamin Melançonin Rome! like Boston with better weather, cooler buildings, and ruins @msamye on Via Napoleone III
Tue, 2009/09/08 - 8:01am — Benjamin Melançon6 a.m. Paris time ends a wonderful week with beautiful Drupal people! But grab my Boston Celtics jacket if you see it in France.
Sat, 2009/09/05 - 11:47pm — Benjamin MelançonDrupalCon day 4 final sessions, represented Agaric at Taxonomy, RDF, and Community Building presentations; also, mind quite gone
Fri, 2009/09/04 - 8:57am — Benjamin Melançonout and about in Paris, Drupalcon Day 1 half-done what with arriving 8 hours late due to delayed flight, reroute through Munich
Tue, 2009/09/01 - 1:16pm — Benjamin Melançonback in New England after West Virginia and Illinois road trip for feverish Drupal Conference Europe preparations!
Sat, 2009/08/29 - 3:34pm — Benjamin Melançondrinking a beer to celebrate family, friends, a laptop that barely still works, and launch of http://anjaliforberpratt.com
Wed, 2009/08/26 - 9:26pm — Benjamin MelançonHummingbird on my brothers' porch in West Virginia! Look at that tongue go... i think Ms. Zelda dog is part hummingbird
Tue, 2009/08/25 - 5:11pm — Benjamin Melançonhours before Drupal site launch, and making first, tiny, custom module. And it could be made generic. Good sign?
Mon, 2009/08/24 - 7:19am — Benjamin Melançonhttp://bit.ly/hxmV9 - Detroit could become first city in the world self-sufficient in food, with a vital urban farming economy
Sat, 2009/08/22 - 9:27pm — Benjamin MelançonRT: http://bit.ly/oZwo2 Queerness, Color and the Politics of Marriage: When Washington declared war on welfare...
Fri, 2009/08/21 - 7:47am — Benjamin Melançonanyone know of compensated social work or writing fellowships in United Kingdom? Friend from India has UK visa valid to February
Thu, 2009/08/20 - 10:09am — Benjamin Melançon9.5 urgent Drupal hours billed yesterday (minus time using object syntax on array) & Grandpa hates me for skipping swim with him
Wed, 2009/08/19 - 4:31pm — Benjamin Melançoncan touch his toes again! Goodbye (for the most part) sciatica, hello ... um, major lower back strength training i guess
Sun, 2009/08/16 - 10:06am — Benjamin MelançonWellfleet, Cape Cod with Grandpa and Andrew... someone must endure the perfect weather
Sat, 2009/08/15 - 12:30pm — Benjamin Melançonworking from NYC today! yesterday #drupal meet with http://povertysdemise.org demo; then http://gringoyo.com films worth trip
Thu, 2009/08/13 - 7:11am — Benjamin Melançonwonders if painful, unceasing sciatica (look it up) is more likely due to malaria or swine flu
Wed, 2009/08/12 - 6:07am — Benjamin Melançonawesome party at Kaveri's for her PhD/birthday/going somewhere else at some point- and so many desi friends, like India again!
Sun, 2009/08/09 - 4:39am — Benjamin Melançonliterally dreaming of being back in India surrounded by new friends— the girls and workers at Childlife Preserve Shishur Sevay
Sat, 2009/08/08 - 4:57am — Benjamin Melançonback from India, wonderful, intense, sharing place; mind, body, and stuff intact, even through security, still need haircut
Fri, 2009/08/07 - 5:19pm — Benjamin MelançonIndia court issues warrant for Union Carbide's former CEO http://is.gd/22mrn via @BHRRC #Bhopal RT John Schertow
Tue, 2009/08/04 - 12:56pm — Benjamin Melançon64 degrees fahrenheit... so glad that i'm finally going to someplace warm! ;-)
Tue, 2009/07/21 - 2:23pm — Benjamin MelançonI make a living doing web design and development with a great team
The Agaric Design Collective
I'm trying to make possible a worldwide nonviolent revolution for justice, liberty, and making more good things doable.
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