In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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- Another first night in Chicago, another homeless veteran sharing my hotel room
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- Ted Rall, capitalist:
- Campaign season moratorium on old jokes
- On loss and life
- Media sexism needs to be addressed
- Replacing the system
- Clay Shirky: provide people the legal/practical benefits of incorporation without the rigidity/overhead (a PWGD goal)
- Greyhound complaints against the company moderated by praise of a driver
- Memo to Barack Obama: Subsidizing low-wage work is an inefficient anti-poverty program
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will be bouncing between fancy hotel room without wireless and corner cafe with wireless in Chicago all night
Sun, 2008/09/07 - 8:36pm — Benjamin Melançonplugged into a power outlet under a tree outside Chicago's Union Station, canal-side... life is good
Sun, 2008/09/07 - 3:14pm — Benjamin Melançonin Chicago! Got 11 hours sleep last night on the train-- more than in any TWO consecutive nights since ages ago!
Sun, 2008/09/07 - 11:20am — Benjamin Melançonon train to Chicago. No internet. Call me! 508 737 0582
Sat, 2008/09/06 - 3:54pm — Benjamin Melançon3 hours before get on train to Chicago and still so very far behind on work
Sat, 2008/09/06 - 9:00am — Benjamin Melançonbailing out a client from a major problem that's not our fault! Fun!
Fri, 2008/09/05 - 3:40pm — Benjamin Melançonfielded after-hours pseudo bug report, took mother out to dinner just 'cause I've been taking everyone else out, now more work
Thu, 2008/09/04 - 2:11am — Benjamin Melançonchanging status message to reflect that swimming was good and I am back, so Andrea doesn't taunt me about out-of-date status
Wed, 2008/09/03 - 6:26pm — Benjamin Melançongone swimming (don't tell the clients, their work will get done, but it's time to sleep or swim)
Wed, 2008/09/03 - 4:07pm — Benjamin Melançonapologies to Taiwan... the 4GB SD card from there didn't work 'cause the Nikon D50 only accepts up to 2GB. Blast.
Tue, 2008/09/02 - 5:39pm — Benjamin Melançonhike and camping was awesome! Going to a beach in New Hampshire, which is just silly
Mon, 2008/09/01 - 11:00am — Benjamin Melançongoing to climb Mount Major in New Hampshire and camp on top overnight with Rich, Manda, and Cathy!
Sat, 2008/08/30 - 9:09am — Benjamin Melançonthat's entertainment... went to salon gone wrong at Amazing Things with Stacey
Sat, 2008/08/30 - 12:37am — Benjamin Melançoncooking dinner while our business manager teaches herself Drupal
Thu, 2008/08/28 - 7:52pm — Benjamin Melançonjust went swimming, a good mile i bet, and now to work perchance to get things done in time to travel this weekend
Thu, 2008/08/28 - 2:46pm — Benjamin Melançoni'm using three computers at once but somehow my productivity hasn't tripled
Tue, 2008/08/26 - 9:34am — Benjamin Melançoninstalling Ubuntu on the sad HP with Vista that dear sainted Mom bought against all advice and logic... and expects help with
Mon, 2008/08/25 - 8:23pm — Benjamin Melançondrawing with colored pencils, after catching up on sleep by half-sleeping over e-mails and work
Mon, 2008/08/25 - 2:46pm — Benjamin Melançonworks at 3:33 a.m. Reviewing a Drupal book— you should be jealous.
Mon, 2008/08/25 - 3:34am — Benjamin Melançonthe ipod shuffle lives again!!!! More random dancing in the street!
Sun, 2008/08/24 - 10:49pm — Benjamin MelançonWorking from Worcester, outside in the perfect weather. Hike in Purgatory Chasm far more pleasant than it sounds!
Sun, 2008/08/24 - 3:47pm — Benjamin Melançondinner with Manda in JP after her tatoo finished, hiked today with Cathy and bought her an iPhone.. i'm getting closer to my own
Sun, 2008/08/24 - 1:49pm — Benjamin Melançonchilling at the Cape after a fun Carnival doing work on Shabbat trying to get caught up to the point where I can go to bed happy
Sat, 2008/08/23 - 10:45am — Benjamin Melançonrevived our MySQL-maimed server, underwater untangled a knotted mooring line from Grandpa's boat's rotor, and had great day!
Fri, 2008/08/22 - 1:32am — Benjamin Melançona few hours with Grandpa alone, after a hellish commute from a meeting in Cambridge, now Rich and Manda have arrived
Wed, 2008/08/20 - 10:52pm — Benjamin Melançonthinks 8:45 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. is a luxurious night's sleep
Tue, 2008/08/19 - 2:28am — Benjamin Melançonmountain biked with Dan at the water tower; pushups, situps, curls, and showered; feel great! If only i'd gotten some work done
Mon, 2008/08/18 - 6:10pm — Benjamin Melançonback from Cape Cod, Audabon in Wellfleet was great, mailing Meady's laptop after him. Oh, and work attacketh.
Mon, 2008/08/18 - 1:32pm — Benjamin Melançonred kidney beans, chickpeas, tempeh, vegetables, tomato sauce, excellent company Meady, Crystal, Alan, Veronica, Dan, & Shannon
Fri, 2008/08/15 - 11:43pm — Benjamin Melançonplan for the day: work, drupal teaching session with Agaric's hangers-on, and a semi-glorious vegan dinner featuring chickpeas
Fri, 2008/08/15 - 11:24am — Benjamin Melançona meeting all day in Cambridge, lunch with Meady and Crystal at Grendel's Den, and now slow slide into sleep-working
Thu, 2008/08/14 - 7:12pm — Benjamin Melançoncooked vegetable stir fry at Vafa's and then saw The Dark Knight with Dimitrius
Thu, 2008/08/14 - 6:03am — Benjamin Melançonworking through the night and picking up Dimitrius in Boston at 2:30 a.m.
Wed, 2008/08/13 - 12:32am — Benjamin Melançonwalking the dogs, hoping to get an envelope in the mail, and hoping every site fixes itself online
Tue, 2008/08/12 - 2:59pm — Benjamin Melançonback home for a solid day of work, Rusty and Zelda for company
Tue, 2008/08/12 - 8:24am — Benjamin Melançontravelling back from Boston to Natick after traveling from Cape Cod to New Hampshire to Natick
Mon, 2008/08/11 - 2:59pm — Benjamin Melançonback on Cape Cod now with Dan, Shannon, and Ariah; did a little web work and heading for the national seashore
Fri, 2008/08/08 - 10:49am — Benjamin Melançonstraight from the train to Cape Cod via the Ian express in my brother's rattly Honda Insight
Wed, 2008/08/06 - 12:08am — Benjamin Melançonusing free metro wifi at the Amtrak station in St. Louis... 2 hour delay before trip even starts... and no port 22 SSH access
Mon, 2008/08/04 - 9:28am — Benjamin Melançongetting Bubble Tea in Grafton Illinois after visiting the village of Elsah and Principia college
Sun, 2008/08/03 - 3:01pm — Benjamin Melançonwith no h, couldn't find Elsah; big day of Christian Science culture at Principia/Elsah, begin with church in St. Louis, coming
Sun, 2008/08/03 - 1:23am — Benjamin Melançonstill in St. Louis with Ian and doing work today to meet deadline but fun in Elsa scheduled for tomorrow
Fri, 2008/08/01 - 8:21am — Benjamin Melançonhanging with Ian at Washington U at a social policy class, while at break they discuss eating 10 pounds of vegetebles a week
Tue, 2008/07/29 - 8:08pm — Benjamin Melançonmissing out on UNITY Convention and Chicago 'cause i'm doing web work instead. Still lookng for a place tonight too. Yay me!
Wed, 2008/07/23 - 3:29pm — Benjamin Melançonacting like a journalist-- tension at Knight Unity gathering: Barely anyone uses twitter or blogs! But they're cool!
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 5:35pm — Benjamin Melançonanyone else wondering why with all Knight's money and our collective talents we haven't changed the world radically for better?
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 12:28pm — Benjamin Melançon180 who got money from Knight Fdn listening to still more exciting plans
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 12:26pm — Benjamin Melançonat Knight Foundation Journalism Grantee Meeting at the Hyatt Regency while Dion gets to enjoy our hotel room to himself upstairs
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 10:20am — Benjamin Melançonin Chicago, and someone needs to stay in this ridiculous two bed hotel room with me. Any takers? I will ask a homeless person.
Mon, 2008/07/21 - 9:14pm — Benjamin MelançonLooking for a place to stay in Chicago July 23 - 26 ... not as easy as expected!
Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:45pm — Benjamin Melançonburning Ubuntu for Mom's computer... goodbye Microsoft Windows and spyware!
Fri, 2008/07/18 - 7:05am — Benjamin Melançonin retrospect I shoud have slept last night. Whatever, I bet I'll match my most productive coding (from 4 a.m.) now
Thu, 2008/07/17 - 4:37pm — Benjamin MelançonCCK field formatters know what node ID they're dealing with! Drupal and KarenS rock!
Wed, 2008/07/16 - 2:24pm — Benjamin Melançonsomeone please fix my mother's computer... before one of the three of us kills another
Mon, 2008/07/14 - 8:25am — Benjamin Melançonout of Cape Cod... and coding the forthcoming Field Placement module
Sun, 2008/07/13 - 4:15pm — Benjamin Melançonpretending to pay attention to web work while actually enjoying Cape Cod
Fri, 2008/07/11 - 5:20pm — Benjamin Melançonrunning on the streets and sands of Wellfleet while a 500MB of a busted Wordpress site download
Fri, 2008/07/11 - 7:46am — Benjamin Melançoni meant Providence, RI, for Drupal and Lullabots. Note to self: take moment to read status messages.
Wed, 2008/07/09 - 12:50pm — Benjamin Melançonhad an excellent 4th of July with new friends, old family, and practically family: beach, barbeque, boat, and fireworks in Ptown
Sun, 2008/07/06 - 10:20am — Benjamin Melançonlistens to Willie Nelson sing blues while working through the last critical applications due tomorrow
Wed, 2008/07/02 - 11:11pm — Benjamin Melançonmaking modules, watching mugginess melt in the sun, and making the most of Monday morning
Mon, 2008/06/30 - 10:03am — Benjamin Melançonat Drupal meetup talking about modules that should exist
Wed, 2008/06/25 - 7:27pm — Benjamin Melançonwork, IM with friends, or order a new battery since the laptop's stopped charging? I can do it all, but not in that order!
Mon, 2008/06/23 - 5:11am — Benjamin Melançonshabbat spent with brother and family, nap, and back to crafting web sites out of recycled electrons
Sat, 2008/06/21 - 11:51pm — Benjamin Melançonknuckling down buckling down doing it doing it doing it
Tue, 2008/06/17 - 1:09pm — Benjamin Melançondefeated derailed freight trains and trees across tracks to reach NYC... at 4:10 a.m., a mere 9 hours late
Wed, 2008/06/11 - 12:01pm — Benjamin MelançonAmtrak layover in Chicago - at Panera's near Union Station, working
Mon, 2008/06/09 - 5:15pm — Benjamin Melançonin Minneapolis for Journalism that Matters, the New Pamphleteers, and then the National Conference for Media Reform
Wed, 2008/06/04 - 4:34pm — Benjamin Melançonhas the force with him... Salesforce Drupal integration that is. And must run in this nice weather soon
Fri, 2008/05/23 - 12:45pm — Benjamin Melançonin Las Vegas, where I will forego the slot machines in the lobby and try to catch up on sleep
Wed, 2008/05/14 - 1:26pm — Benjamin Melançonif the revolution were here already i wouldn't have to file PWGD's taxes and annual report
Tue, 2008/05/13 - 8:33pm — Benjamin Melançonat the University of California - Riverside science library trying to multitask
Mon, 2008/05/12 - 12:25pm — Benjamin Melançonstealing wifi on a lonely Los Angeles sidewalk but battery is gone now
Sun, 2008/05/11 - 11:32am — Benjamin Melançonfinally got the grand tour of San Francisco. A really nice city you've got here. Perfect layout.
Sat, 2008/05/10 - 2:25am — Benjamin Melançonin Berkeley sitting out on campus getting wireless, ha!
Tue, 2008/05/06 - 8:04pm — Benjamin Melançonsitting in Oakland's Laney College central square using their sunshine and wifi
Mon, 2008/05/05 - 8:45pm — Benjamin Melançon@Robert Berlet: Congratulations on passing the Mass. bar exam!
Sat, 2008/05/03 - 5:44pm — Benjamin Melançontaking a shower in a Sunnyvile, CA hotel room for two shared with four - here for http://newstools2008.org
Thu, 2008/05/01 - 11:01am — Benjamin Melançoncannot handle administrative and paperwork tasks. It's that push over the edge.
Mon, 2008/04/28 - 3:26pm — Benjamin Melançonjust invented hook_salesforce_map_fields for better Drupal and Salesforce integration
Sat, 2008/04/26 - 9:59am — Benjamin MelançonI make a living doing web design and development with a great team
The Agaric Design Collective
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