People shouldn't be mucking around with software release terminology. I just read Rob Diana's rant about the abuse of the term "beta" on the Internet on Mashable! and the terms really shouldn't be as fungible as that.

Trying to decide on a Rails-based blog engine/CMS. I wish permalinks were easier to customize

I am still waiting for the veritable hammer to fall. I can only expect that it will happen exactly when I'm least expecting it.

I swear. Who dreams of particle accelerators?

faded memories half a lifetime away
did I dare, did I dream?
Can I pay that price?
Turn the inside of my soul to the fire
let this aching pain tear at my heart
like some rabid dog gone amok
like piranhas shredding through living flesh

Jagged Edge
        undiscernable
        molecular thickness
shimmering with quantum uncertainty

Contemplation in the darkness. I can’t get to sleep.

An excursus on American cities.