In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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- Evil Neighbor Blues
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- Update on Alfred Natkin from Cape Cod Hospital
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spent a pleasant day @brightlemon office in London working (fruitlessly) on RDF and comment entity loading
Fri, 2009/10/09 - 12:48pm — Benjamin MelançonRT AlGiordano Poll: Wide Majority of Hondurans Oppose Coup d'Etat, Want Zelaya Back: http://tinyurl.com/yagoun8 #Honduras
Wed, 2009/10/07 - 4:18am — Benjamin Melançonworking from London for last week in Europe, any Drupal meets not listed on http://drupal.org.uk ?
Tue, 2009/10/06 - 7:00pm — Benjamin Melançonended Yom Kippur fast the traditional Jewish way, at a Chinese restaurant. Also, Paris is awesome, on to Dublin.
Mon, 2009/09/28 - 11:37pm — Benjamin MelançonHonduras Coup Leader Micheletti Decrees 45-Day Suspension of Constitutional Liberties: http://is.gd/3JVk1 #honduras
Mon, 2009/09/28 - 2:39am — Benjamin Melançonmanually going through 250 ported Drupal pages' paths, WYSIWYG compatibility, meta data for perfection. #donotdisturb
Thu, 2009/09/24 - 6:52pm — Benjamin Melançongiving Anjali's facebooks & tweets good http://anjfp.us home; twitter says i'm at war http://j.mp/4EUzHX against lifestream rot.
Fri, 2009/09/18 - 12:11pm — Benjamin Melançon@msamye body missing Rome's Hotel Beautiful? Me, I'm on the U.S. ex-pat's German healthcare plan: 45 min run followed by beer
Fri, 2009/09/18 - 4:22am — Benjamin Melançonrunning alongside a bicycle feels very clunky in comparison. But that's good preparation for Drupal 5 views.
Wed, 2009/09/16 - 6:20pm — Benjamin Melançonalthough yesterday's status implied a certain grasp of time zones, up at 4 a.m. CET today for a 10 a.m. EST meeting (4 p.m. CET)
Mon, 2009/09/14 - 10:46pm — Benjamin Melançondid key work and e-mails before 6 in the morning... sadly, that's noon here in Germany, so not so impressive.
Mon, 2009/09/14 - 6:03am — Benjamin Melançonin Wilhelmshaven, Germany, sleep-Drupalling while Stefan (moderately alertly) works too
Sun, 2009/09/13 - 4:21pm — Benjamin Melançonsaw German band Johannes Oerding live on beach in Timmendorf, now in Hamburg cooking (eating) with Alexandra, Daniel, and Stefan
Sat, 2009/09/12 - 5:19pm — Benjamin Melançonin Hamburg, Germany pushing out Drupal work after 14 hr train while super-kind hosts (Stefan's sister et al) shop for tomorrow
Fri, 2009/09/11 - 3:33pm — Benjamin Melançonin Rome! like Boston with better weather, cooler buildings, and ruins @msamye on Via Napoleone III
Tue, 2009/09/08 - 8:01am — Benjamin Melançon6 a.m. Paris time ends a wonderful week with beautiful Drupal people! But grab my Boston Celtics jacket if you see it in France.
Sat, 2009/09/05 - 11:47pm — Benjamin MelançonDrupalCon day 4 final sessions, represented Agaric at Taxonomy, RDF, and Community Building presentations; also, mind quite gone
Fri, 2009/09/04 - 8:57am — Benjamin Melançonout and about in Paris, Drupalcon Day 1 half-done what with arriving 8 hours late due to delayed flight, reroute through Munich
Tue, 2009/09/01 - 1:16pm — Benjamin Melançonback in New England after West Virginia and Illinois road trip for feverish Drupal Conference Europe preparations!
Sat, 2009/08/29 - 3:34pm — Benjamin Melançondrinking a beer to celebrate family, friends, a laptop that barely still works, and launch of http://anjaliforberpratt.com
Wed, 2009/08/26 - 9:26pm — Benjamin MelançonHummingbird on my brothers' porch in West Virginia! Look at that tongue go... i think Ms. Zelda dog is part hummingbird
Tue, 2009/08/25 - 5:11pm — Benjamin Melançonhours before Drupal site launch, and making first, tiny, custom module. And it could be made generic. Good sign?
Mon, 2009/08/24 - 7:19am — Benjamin Melançonhttp://bit.ly/hxmV9 - Detroit could become first city in the world self-sufficient in food, with a vital urban farming economy
Sat, 2009/08/22 - 9:27pm — Benjamin MelançonRT: http://bit.ly/oZwo2 Queerness, Color and the Politics of Marriage: When Washington declared war on welfare...
Fri, 2009/08/21 - 7:47am — Benjamin Melançonanyone know of compensated social work or writing fellowships in United Kingdom? Friend from India has UK visa valid to February
Thu, 2009/08/20 - 10:09am — Benjamin Melançon9.5 urgent Drupal hours billed yesterday (minus time using object syntax on array) & Grandpa hates me for skipping swim with him
Wed, 2009/08/19 - 4:31pm — Benjamin Melançoncan touch his toes again! Goodbye (for the most part) sciatica, hello ... um, major lower back strength training i guess
Sun, 2009/08/16 - 10:06am — Benjamin MelançonWellfleet, Cape Cod with Grandpa and Andrew... someone must endure the perfect weather
Sat, 2009/08/15 - 12:30pm — Benjamin Melançonworking from NYC today! yesterday #drupal meet with http://povertysdemise.org demo; then http://gringoyo.com films worth trip
Thu, 2009/08/13 - 7:11am — Benjamin Melançonwonders if painful, unceasing sciatica (look it up) is more likely due to malaria or swine flu
Wed, 2009/08/12 - 6:07am — Benjamin Melançonawesome party at Kaveri's for her PhD/birthday/going somewhere else at some point- and so many desi friends, like India again!
Sun, 2009/08/09 - 4:39am — Benjamin Melançonliterally dreaming of being back in India surrounded by new friends— the girls and workers at Childlife Preserve Shishur Sevay
Sat, 2009/08/08 - 4:57am — Benjamin Melançonback from India, wonderful, intense, sharing place; mind, body, and stuff intact, even through security, still need haircut
Fri, 2009/08/07 - 5:19pm — Benjamin MelançonIndia court issues warrant for Union Carbide's former CEO http://is.gd/22mrn via @BHRRC #Bhopal RT John Schertow
Tue, 2009/08/04 - 12:56pm — Benjamin Melançon64 degrees fahrenheit... so glad that i'm finally going to someplace warm! ;-)
Tue, 2009/07/21 - 2:23pm — Benjamin Melançonneeds shave & haircut or Indian airport security will detain him and his last-minute tickets bought with borrowed credit cards.
Sun, 2009/07/19 - 5:17pm — Benjamin MelançonIran regime tries to make the point it will kill people to stay in power http://is.gd/1BJCS #iranelection
Sun, 2009/07/19 - 5:30am — Benjamin Melançon#honduras opponents of the coup shut down Honduras with non-violent blockades - http://is.gd/1BjL9
Thu, 2009/07/16 - 4:33pm — Benjamin MelançonCape roses in the front yard too full of bees to smell this morning. I'll deal.
Thu, 2009/07/16 - 8:30am — Benjamin MelançonDrupalCon session on meetups, camps, online teach-ins & leading projects that support the Project: http://is.gd/1za6Q #drupal
Tue, 2009/07/14 - 11:04pm — Benjamin MelançonStill fighting for democracy in Honduras- http://hondurasresists.blogspot.com http://hablahonduras.com http://is.gd/1ykDb
Tue, 2009/07/14 - 6:40am — Benjamin Melançonremember the fight for liberty in Iran? Still going on.. July 9 video http://tinyurl.com/lcnj7v RT @newmaya
Sat, 2009/07/11 - 10:02pm — Benjamin Melançonnext XKCD geohashing spot for Boston area is great - http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/2009-07-11_42_-71 - if anyone goes!
Fri, 2009/07/10 - 9:31pm — Benjamin MelançonLearn a new language... non-sexist English. #drupal #sexism panel http://is.gd/1tomb makes http://is.gd/1tnFo a fresh read.
Fri, 2009/07/10 - 6:01am — Benjamin MelançonReflections on July 4 weekend- nothing like hanging out with 14 year olds to make you realize that you haven't matured at all.
Thu, 2009/07/09 - 4:35pm — Benjamin Melançon#Honduras fake media versus real blood: http://bit.ly/IDpn5
Wed, 2009/07/08 - 4:45pm — Benjamin MelançonIt's 123456789! Thanks to IRC #drupal chat room for bringing this wonderful time/date combination to attention
Wed, 2009/07/08 - 12:34pm — Benjamin Melançonat Grandpa's on Cape Cod w/ new-met family. Doing Drupal revenue sharing estimate. People in Natick: eat mulberries in my yard!
Fri, 2009/07/03 - 9:15am — Benjamin Melançonsee http://narconews.com for efforts to overturn oligarchy-military coup in Honduras. People resisting repression, murder.
Thu, 2009/07/02 - 10:15am — Benjamin MelançonGSM cell phones (working) will help Guatemala speak! for Kara Andrade's b-day #hablaguate @newmaya -contact me for where to send
Tue, 2009/06/30 - 3:34pm — Benjamin MelançonU.S., Venezuela, EVERYONE denounces oligarch-military coup attempt in Honduras: http://bit.ly/BzFz4
Mon, 2009/06/29 - 1:06pm — Benjamin Melançonhas black older brother and white older broth in town- mini family reuninion! Out to the Cape later for family overdose
Sun, 2009/06/28 - 2:03pm — Benjamin Melançonbicycle oil fixed sticking sliding door- many talents of @agaric cofounder @dhakimzadeh
Sun, 2009/06/28 - 11:42am — Benjamin Melançononline to feed a baby sparrow. And roof reshingling doesn't lend to quite reflection. Feel a total non-worker in comparison.
Sat, 2009/06/27 - 12:04pm — Benjamin Melançonjust may be offline for shabbat. If you call me, the cell's electricity use isn't my fault. For real: I want to hear from you.
Fri, 2009/06/26 - 8:35pm — Benjamin Melançonneed to sleep, work, unwind, tell of oppression in Peru and Colombia as well as Iran and the US' own wars, all at the same time
Thu, 2009/06/25 - 5:15pm — Benjamin Melançondynamics of power in Iran- balance to the three-quarters under 30 years old? http://bit.ly/lJacW
Tue, 2009/06/23 - 9:55am — Benjamin Melançonexperimenting with not being on instant messaging to boost productivity. No measurable effect so far. Need me, call.
Mon, 2009/06/22 - 5:15pm — Benjamin Melançonwallet (ID, 3 orgs' debit cards, blank check, 1st library card) returned by great BackBay sandwich vendor; & http://bit.ly/MCtcI
Sun, 2009/06/21 - 12:41pm — Benjamin MelançonThe Field http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield for translated reports and analysis re Iran #iranelection
Sat, 2009/06/20 - 1:05pm — Benjamin Melançonswimming at the shack; boating with Grandpa, Kara, and Brad; now to see Star Trek... at Wellfleet's Drive-in theater
Wed, 2009/06/17 - 9:44pm — Benjamin MelançonIran regime fears images of "locked up shops .. on empty streets"- economic boycott scares rich supporters - http://bit.ly/nS3kX
Tue, 2009/06/16 - 3:31pm — Benjamin Melançonon Cape Cod with Kara and Brad ... my kind of people, Kara is on computer also but we will be off enjoying nature soon
Tue, 2009/06/16 - 12:02pm — Benjamin Melançonwith #drupal people in Boston talking #rdfa and saying the other halves of @agaric is weak for not chilling with the cool kids
Sat, 2009/06/13 - 8:44pm — Benjamin Melançonanyone going to Design4Drupal Boston have a ThinkPad power cord to lend Kathleen (or able to grab it en route from Providence)?
Fri, 2009/06/12 - 11:06pm — Benjamin MelançonNew England Drupal events: http://agaric.com/blog/benjamin-melancon/new-england-drupal-camps-and-events :be there!
Tue, 2009/06/09 - 10:10am — Benjamin MelançonMassive police attack on nonviolent blockade against FTA in Peru: http://narcosphere.narconews.com/node/3178
Mon, 2009/06/08 - 5:14pm — Benjamin MelançonDad's yarzheit candle still burning, long since broke a 24-hour fast, had surprise extra reason to think on his life this year
Fri, 2009/06/05 - 3:03am — Benjamin Melançonturned down for a date, 0 for 2 lifetime. And my two relationships didn't start with asking for a date. Lessons?
Wed, 2009/06/03 - 1:43pm — Benjamin MelançonRead: US funds separatism in Bolivia http://tinyurl.com/r76t8b See: people fighting for homes in Mass http://tinyurl.com/dhjhps
Mon, 2009/05/25 - 10:30am — Benjamin Melançonin Donegal, Donegal County, Ireland, for a day, having a lovely time and thinking occasionally about all of you back in reality
Mon, 2009/05/18 - 8:55am — Benjamin MelançonRDFa closer to Drupal core; talked all night with a Roma man about Ireland and equality in Europe; toured Connemarra by E's car
Sat, 2009/05/16 - 8:17pm — Benjamin Melançonin Galway, Ireland, local time 1am: RDF in Drupal Core code sprint location identified, now to find lodging for the night
Sun, 2009/05/10 - 8:26pm — Benjamin MelançonPossibly the only place in Dublin to get unrestricted internet: corner of Wexford and Cuffe Streets, Shine Midtown Bar & Grill
Sat, 2009/05/09 - 5:01pm — Benjamin Melançonin Ireland! Discovering that nowhere do they seem to have internet with ports open for e-mail, IM, and-critically-SSH. Fail.
Sat, 2009/05/09 - 2:51pm — Benjamin Melançonboarding plane to go to the #RDF #SemanticWeb #Drupal #codesprint in #Ireland #excitedabuseoftwitter
Fri, 2009/05/08 - 4:55pm — Benjamin Melançona wonderful send-off dinner party with Vafa and Dan and amazing raw food (raw foodists cheat by warming with the food processer)
Thu, 2009/05/07 - 11:38pm — Benjamin Melançondinner for any who care to show up Thursday, use last vegetables before off to Ireland, and lucky winner gets Zelda for two days
Tue, 2009/05/05 - 8:16pm — Benjamin Melançonmaybe was in shape for the first 24 miles of bike to work and back today, but legs wanted to differ for the last 8
Mon, 2009/05/04 - 10:22pm — Benjamin Melançonwill be in Ireland in 6 days for http://drupal.org/node/443824 and two weeks of wandering while working. 1st visit advice?
Sat, 2009/05/02 - 8:44am — Benjamin MelançonHappy May Day, kiss a worker! And local tweet day: 01760 And swine in context: http://bit.ly/NAFTA-flu
Fri, 2009/05/01 - 12:40pm — Benjamin Melançondinner party Friday night, don't miss the last one before i go to Ireland to pretend to know Semantic Web and Drupal stuff
Thu, 2009/04/30 - 1:37pm — Benjamin Melançonmy mother plays practical jokes on herself. She ordered a book online; when she found it in the package it was 1.5 by 2.5 inches
Wed, 2009/04/29 - 12:11am — Benjamin Melançoncreating a form of wealth that cannot be monopolized - well after walking the dogs - then back to coding free software #drupal
Mon, 2009/04/27 - 3:31pm — Benjamin Melançonto Western Mass to check my mother's land for first time and drop by http://narconews.com event at Rowe conference center
Sat, 2009/04/25 - 1:26pm — Benjamin Melançonwe're going to rent out Grandpa's dog Rusty at $600 an hour to teach people how to enjoy life
Sat, 2009/04/25 - 11:06am — Benjamin Melançonleaving the JavaScript within JavaScript world of TinyMCE in Drupal to walk on rainy month-late Earth Day #fb
Wed, 2009/04/22 - 6:17pm — Benjamin Melançon@kvantomme @genomepop Science Collaboration Framework (SCF) began with Drupal 6-RC; our new work builds around CCK, Views
Mon, 2009/04/20 - 8:29pm — Benjamin Melançonwonderful time at Boston Skillshare, but probably don't have time to go tomorrow... for the Time Management session
Sat, 2009/04/18 - 11:22pm — Benjamin Melançonon way to http://bostonskillshare.org/2009 on MBTA from Providence. Hope to meet a lot of active people who give a damn there
Sat, 2009/04/18 - 9:48am — Benjamin MelançonWo-oah, what I want to know / is are you kind? http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/AGDL/uncle.html
Tue, 2009/04/14 - 5:26pm — Benjamin Melançonloves everyone in the whole world because JavaScript chose to act as expected half the time!
Fri, 2009/04/10 - 1:26am — Benjamin Melançonate the last of the bread in the house shortly before Pesach began... in addition to lots of other food... even i'm stuffed
Wed, 2009/04/08 - 8:35pm — Benjamin MelançonI make a living doing web design and development with a great team
The Agaric Design Collective
I'm trying to make possible a worldwide nonviolent revolution for justice, liberty, and making more good things doable.
People Who Give a Damn
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