Sometimes a blog with thoughts and opinions by Dan Greene
Added March 12, 2026: 20 years later broadband internet access is much better. But availability is still an issue. Maps like this one at the FCC are very useful for finding access, but may not be accurate at the street address level.…
I’m starting some research into web services librarianship (or related job titles). Here is my research question, gap in the current research, and outcome.
Research Question:
What are the perceived duties, needed qualifications, etc. of a web services librarian? How does the position announcement compare with actual job functions?…
I saw Serenity. It’s a good continuation of Firefly. Here’s a good article/essay about the philosophy behind Firefly/Serenity: Out to the Black – The existentialist libertarianism of Joss Whedon’s space western…
Stephanie and I are having a baby! (Currently called Peanut)…
Added on March 13, 2026: The last space shuttle mission was STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011. This article from 2005 was overly optimistic about the space program. But Artemis II may get into lunar orbit next month. Artemis III and Artemis IV will hopefully follow in 2027 and 2028.…
Well we are now moved in to the house in Columbia, more or less. We’re slowly getting things unpacked, we’ll have more help with that this weekend when Stephanie’s parents get here,
We also now have a kitten named Mizzou. Keegan and Gracie seem to have fun playing with her.…
Due to a shipping mixup, Stephanie and I moved all our stuff to Columbia a little sooner than we expected. Last Thursday I ordered two very nice Dell UltraSharp 1905FP 19 inch LCD monitors so I could give Stephanie my current monitors, a Dell UltraSharp 1900FP 19 inch LCD and a Viewsonic VE700 17 inch LCD.…
Since I last posted, I’ve gotten married, been on a honeymoon to Mexico and Belize, and made it back to Knoxville. Since coming back to Knoxville I have finished driving training finally, so I can actually drive my car now. Not that I’m all that crazy about driving again, it’s just one of those things you have to do.…
Well it’s official, Stephanie and I are now homeowners. We closed on the house Monday and haven’t slowed down since. We’ve been buying furniture, painting, and getting the utilities etc set up. We just got cable TV and Internet around noon (central time) today.…
Cardinal Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI. Heaven help us. I am not a happy Catholic. Ratzinger is much too conservative for me. After all he was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He’s the guy who went after church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts for reform.…