Jackie Danicki

It’s a multimedia weekend here at Chez Dork! Antoine recorded this podcast with Brian Micklethwait on Friday night, and it’s a good one.

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We took a spur of the moment trip to France this weekend. (On Friday’s red-eye flight from NYC to London, I thought, “I’d like to go to France this weekend.” We were there by lunchtime on Saturday, got home at 8PM Sunday night.) It was lovely, as usual. Here, in a video Antoine made on […]

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If you’ve ever spoken at a conference, read this and see if the red mist doesn’t very quickly descend.
As someone who has organized such events, I cannot conceive of any circumstance in which I would allow speakers to be contacted at all - let alone at home - by shameless shills. As someone who […]

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I’m flying to New York later today, then on to London on Saturday for nine glorious days (five of them proper non-working days, what with the May bank holiday!). I’ll be back in New York after that, not sure exactly when I’ll make it back to Cincinnati, but I’ll definitely be back by May 31 […]

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Although I found most of what came out of his mouth to be ugly and hateful, I’m not one of the people dancing on Jerry Falwell’s grave. I might be an angry person, but that’s just not my style. That said, this article from my hometown newspaper sure could have used some, er, balance. (I […]

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Thanks to Adriana for this gem:
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had. Let’s be clear: […]

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I am so proud of my friend Clotilde Dusolier. She was a software engineer in Paris, feeling that her day job did not give her much room for creativity, who decided to start a food blog. I started reading it shortly after Clotilde launched four years ago, and was immediately hooked (and started my own […]

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Cincinnati Supper Club: The Third

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Tonight was the third Cincinnati Supper Club gathering, which was graciously hosted by Chef Michelle Lightfoot (former operator of Poppie’s, current owner and operator of Deli720) and her fiancé Chad Munitz. Michelle and Chad have a beautiful, Technicolor-fab home which is absolutely perfect for nights like this. Many […]

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Anna Beth Chao - whose blog and photos I’ve been loving for years now - just landed a gig working with writer/producer Greg Berlanti on the TV show Eli Stone. I am just beyond thrilled for her, and for Berlanti, who’s in for an…er, interesting work environment. Yay, AB!

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This is hilarious:

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Dave Winer has the skinny on how the Democrats are selling out the American people to the RIAA and MPAA. Life in prison for copyright infringement? I guess that’s what passes for “progressive” these days.

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I wasn’t aware that both Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal fully endorse an about-face in France’s relations with Middle Eastern countries…which means that Royal isn’t going to stand in Sarkozy’s way when he makes this monumental policy change. As Brian says, this is trés important - and absolutely splendid - news. (I predict a riot, […]

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Da view from Devou Park

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I visited Devou Park in Covington, Kentucky for the first time on Sunday night. The view of downtown Cincinnati is, as you can see, spectacular.
Question for those who live in the houses with the incredibly steep front yards on the hillside near the entrance to Devou: How do […]

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JP Rangaswami has words that are music to this measurement skeptic’s ears:
We need to keep examining what we do: every time we promote an inspection/repair culture, we tend to implement safety nets; the safety nets encourage slipshod behaviour, and soon we find that all we are promoting is mediocrity.
If achieving mediocrity wasn’t bad enough, we […]

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