Archive for January, 2007

Comment spam and other blog issues

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

So when trying to post our African itinerary just now, I ran into an ugly error... the database on my ISP was full. I doubt if my few hundred blog posts have done that and so my suspicions have turned to the thousands of comment spams I've picked up. Ideally I'd ...

Back to Africa

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Eli and I are getting ready for a long, much-needed vacation... we're heading to Africa for about four and a half weeks, covering four countries and untold fun stuff. Here's a brief look at the itinerary: Feb 7-8: Travel from Seattle to Cape Town, South Africa Feb 9-11: In Cape Town. Penguins, ...

Transforming Philanthropy

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Fantastic article by Alex Steffen on Worldchanging that digs into conundrums and conflicts inherent in the current world of giving. One brief excerpt: This is the dirty secret of much philanthropy: often foundations and individual donors continue to directly invest in actions which undermine and contradict the change they are trying ...

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