March 3, 2009

There were 2 posts published on March 3, 2009 (this is page 1 of 1).

Raleigh to host international web conference next year

I’m pretty excited to learn Raleigh will host the 19th annual International World Wide Web Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center next year. A number of people who helped give birth to this thing we call the Internet will be in town collaborating with other techies to plot the future of the Web.

The conference will be a wonderful showcase for our area’s technology and talent. I’m psyched about it. Plus, the esteemed webmasters of the WWW2010 conference website obviously know a fine photograph of downtown Raleigh when they see one.

Mary Anning (1799 – 1847)

A song about pioneering paleontologist Mary Anning: how awesome is that? Pandora does it again.

Mary Anning (1799 – 1847)
Artichoke

do you know Mary Anning? born on a southern shore
her father Richard was a cabinetmaker
and Richard died too early and left the Annings poor
but lucky Mary Anning found an icthyosaur

by circa 1820 she ran a fossil store
she put the bones together for the collectors
and science was the province of men of noble birth
but I’d take Mary Anning over those stuffed white shirts
ancient life that sleeps as fossil

she was walking the cliffs on her own by the sea
she was wondering if there were shapes underneath
there were men with their cash but that’s not what it took
she could read every line on the ground like a book
she assembled the bones of the past in cement
and she sold them in town for a couple of pence
and she showed all the men how the bones could connect
though at first some would scoff they would grow to respect

(repeat first verse)
how did you get in here? show me what you found dear
hello isn’t that queer do you have any more?