Achenblog: August 21, 2005 - August 27, 2005
Messages in the Clouds
This morning there are high, lenticular clouds, scaly and thin -- sheets of ice particles higher than the airplanes. I discern a message about a change in seasons. Seasonal change is to be embraced, for it leads to...
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August 26, 2005; 7:42 AM ET |
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My Personal Architect
Yesterday I promised to offer advice on staffing up. Many of us are at the age where we look around and realize we need to expand the payroll. Why rely on friends and family members and relatives when...
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Joel Achenbach
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August 24, 2005; 1:31 PM ET |
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The Terrible Power of Fresh Eyes
When you get home from vacation, or, as in my case, from a research trip with vacational digressions, you suddenly see your normal, everyday, humdrum existence with the powerful instruments known as Fresh Eyes. It's almost scary. Fresh...
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Joel Achenbach
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August 24, 2005; 7:31 AM ET |
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End of the Road
Going home. Exhausted, rumpled, but broadened and deepened as a person and, more importantly, as a motorist. Put a couple thousand miles on the rental van. Loved the farmland of the Salinas Valley, though wondered who exactly was...
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Joel Achenbach
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August 22, 2005; 9:52 PM ET |
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Blogs Loving Blogs
The big time, finally: Got a mention from the Romenesko media empire. This is because the Rough Draft column this week was about the blog. I try to stay away from reading Romenesko, because it sucks you in,...
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Joel Achenbach
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August 22, 2005; 3:11 PM ET |
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