In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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acting like a journalist-- tension at Knight Unity gathering: Barely anyone uses twitter or blogs! But they're cool!
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 5:35pm — Benjamin Melançonanyone else wondering why with all Knight's money and our collective talents we haven't changed the world radically for better?
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 12:28pm — Benjamin Melançon180 who got money from Knight Fdn listening to still more exciting plans
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 12:26pm — Benjamin Melançonat Knight Foundation Journalism Grantee Meeting at the Hyatt Regency while Dion gets to enjoy our hotel room to himself upstairs
Tue, 2008/07/22 - 10:20am — Benjamin Melançonin Chicago, and someone needs to stay in this ridiculous two bed hotel room with me. Any takers? I will ask a homeless person.
Mon, 2008/07/21 - 9:14pm — Benjamin MelançonLooking for a place to stay in Chicago July 23 - 26 ... not as easy as expected!
Fri, 2008/07/18 - 5:45pm — Benjamin Melançonburning Ubuntu for Mom's computer... goodbye Microsoft Windows and spyware!
Fri, 2008/07/18 - 7:05am — Benjamin Melançonin retrospect I shoud have slept last night. Whatever, I bet I'll match my most productive coding (from 4 a.m.) now
Thu, 2008/07/17 - 4:37pm — Benjamin MelançonCCK field formatters know what node ID they're dealing with! Drupal and KarenS rock!
Wed, 2008/07/16 - 2:24pm — Benjamin Melançonsomeone please fix my mother's computer... before one of the three of us kills another
Mon, 2008/07/14 - 8:25am — Benjamin Melançonout of Cape Cod... and coding the forthcoming Field Placement module
Sun, 2008/07/13 - 4:15pm — Benjamin Melançonpretending to pay attention to web work while actually enjoying Cape Cod
Fri, 2008/07/11 - 5:20pm — Benjamin Melançonrunning on the streets and sands of Wellfleet while a 500MB of a busted Wordpress site download
Fri, 2008/07/11 - 7:46am — Benjamin Melançoni meant Providence, RI, for Drupal and Lullabots. Note to self: take moment to read status messages.
Wed, 2008/07/09 - 12:50pm — Benjamin Melançonhad an excellent 4th of July with new friends, old family, and practically family: beach, barbeque, boat, and fireworks in Ptown
Sun, 2008/07/06 - 10:20am — Benjamin Melançonlistens to Willie Nelson sing blues while working through the last critical applications due tomorrow
Wed, 2008/07/02 - 11:11pm — Benjamin Melançonmaking modules, watching mugginess melt in the sun, and making the most of Monday morning
Mon, 2008/06/30 - 10:03am — Benjamin Melançonat Drupal meetup talking about modules that should exist
Wed, 2008/06/25 - 7:27pm — Benjamin Melançonwork, IM with friends, or order a new battery since the laptop's stopped charging? I can do it all, but not in that order!
Mon, 2008/06/23 - 5:11am — Benjamin Melançonshabbat spent with brother and family, nap, and back to crafting web sites out of recycled electrons
Sat, 2008/06/21 - 11:51pm — Benjamin Melançonknuckling down buckling down doing it doing it doing it
Tue, 2008/06/17 - 1:09pm — Benjamin Melançondefeated derailed freight trains and trees across tracks to reach NYC... at 4:10 a.m., a mere 9 hours late
Wed, 2008/06/11 - 12:01pm — Benjamin MelançonAmtrak layover in Chicago - at Panera's near Union Station, working
Mon, 2008/06/09 - 5:15pm — Benjamin Melançonin Minneapolis for Journalism that Matters, the New Pamphleteers, and then the National Conference for Media Reform
Wed, 2008/06/04 - 4:34pm — Benjamin Melançonhas the force with him... Salesforce Drupal integration that is. And must run in this nice weather soon
Fri, 2008/05/23 - 12:45pm — Benjamin Melançonin Las Vegas, where I will forego the slot machines in the lobby and try to catch up on sleep
Wed, 2008/05/14 - 1:26pm — Benjamin Melançonif the revolution were here already i wouldn't have to file PWGD's taxes and annual report
Tue, 2008/05/13 - 8:33pm — Benjamin Melançonat the University of California - Riverside science library trying to multitask
Mon, 2008/05/12 - 12:25pm — Benjamin Melançonstealing wifi on a lonely Los Angeles sidewalk but battery is gone now
Sun, 2008/05/11 - 11:32am — Benjamin Melançonfinally got the grand tour of San Francisco. A really nice city you've got here. Perfect layout.
Sat, 2008/05/10 - 2:25am — Benjamin Melançonin Berkeley sitting out on campus getting wireless, ha!
Tue, 2008/05/06 - 8:04pm — Benjamin Melançonsitting in Oakland's Laney College central square using their sunshine and wifi
Mon, 2008/05/05 - 8:45pm — Benjamin Melançon@Robert Berlet: Congratulations on passing the Mass. bar exam!
Sat, 2008/05/03 - 5:44pm — Benjamin Melançontaking a shower in a Sunnyvile, CA hotel room for two shared with four - here for http://newstools2008.org
Thu, 2008/05/01 - 11:01am — Benjamin Melançoncannot handle administrative and paperwork tasks. It's that push over the edge.
Mon, 2008/04/28 - 3:26pm — Benjamin Melançonjust invented hook_salesforce_map_fields for better Drupal and Salesforce integration
Sat, 2008/04/26 - 9:59am — Benjamin Melançonis allergic to good weather but so what... though we do need rain
Fri, 2008/04/25 - 2:59am — Benjamin Melançontaxes filed... what's 12 hours between a corrupt, dangerous government and an incompetent dissident?
Wed, 2008/04/16 - 12:13pm — Benjamin Melançonbrought hurt baby rabbit to Tufts Wildlife Clinic, with help from Daniella and Matt; back to Salesforce integration
Tue, 2008/04/15 - 2:25am — Benjamin Melançonbreak from taxes and web work to release into the wild a mouse that was eating the house at 3 a.m.
Mon, 2008/04/14 - 8:38am — Benjamin Melançonhas to do taxes for himself and two 501c3 nonprofit organizations and is still making web sites
Fri, 2008/04/11 - 9:01am — Benjamin Melançontoo tired to change my status and I hate CVS (revision control used by Drupal.org)
Wed, 2008/04/09 - 12:02pm — Benjamin Melançonregistering for NewsTools2008 and putting a bio online for the occasion
Tue, 2008/04/08 - 12:32pm — Benjamin Melançonthrows up the white flag and will be blocking all fun new facebook applications
Thu, 2008/04/03 - 8:20pm — Benjamin Melançonis help I'm being repressed: http://roottruth.org/blog/benjamin-melancon/morning not fit for PBS Idealab
Tue, 2008/04/01 - 6:22pm — Benjamin Melançontwooched people I know and should know off Kara's Twitter follows
Tue, 2008/04/01 - 12:25am — Benjamin Melançoncan substitute work for sleep with half the side effects of leading brands
Mon, 2008/03/31 - 3:07am — Benjamin Melançonis having a glorious weekend on the Cape (yet still brewing the Drupal in the morning)
Sun, 2008/03/30 - 8:30am — Benjamin Melançoninvites you to Wellfleet Cape Cod Sat-Mon and is learning about google gadgets
Fri, 2008/03/28 - 12:28pm — Benjamin Melançonwalking dogs in the rain... going to Cape Cod this weekend if anyone wants to come, it'll be nice i promise
Fri, 2008/03/28 - 11:21am — Benjamin Melançoncan work through the weight of sleep and make email, Drupal module, and Cape Cod weekend plan magic
Thu, 2008/03/27 - 11:32pm — Benjamin Melançondoes not want to talk about e-mail... but we're receiving it, if you sent it we have it, just have to dig it out of our server
Wed, 2008/03/26 - 6:58pm — Benjamin Melançonjust had the most successful Agaric internal business meeting ever
Tue, 2008/03/25 - 9:58pm — Benjamin Melançonshuts down the tired computer to walk the tired dogs... maybe a little projection here
Tue, 2008/03/25 - 12:56pm — Benjamin Melançonfinally properly shaved and hosting a late business meeting at my house... clients, don't get used to this
Mon, 2008/03/24 - 9:59pm — Benjamin Melançonscaled and circumnavigated Blue Hill with Cathy, Rusty, and Zelda... all right turns worked for once!
Mon, 2008/03/24 - 7:26pm — Benjamin Melançonfocused a bit on completing odd tasks, walking the dogs now
Mon, 2008/03/24 - 1:33pm — Benjamin Melançonusing someone's wifi on Boston Common... then playing frisbee soon
Sun, 2008/03/23 - 11:52am — Benjamin Melançoncooking expired carrots and assorted ingredients not usually seen together
Fri, 2008/03/21 - 7:25pm — Benjamin Melançonwalking the long-suffering Zelda and Rusty... lots of web design got done today
Fri, 2008/03/21 - 5:20pm — Benjamin Melançonworking and listening to Barack Obama's "race" speech at the same time
Wed, 2008/03/19 - 12:43am — Benjamin Melançonback to making web sites while giving multiple friends my undivided attention on IM
Mon, 2008/03/17 - 7:51pm — Benjamin MelançonFacebook RSS done, helping Ian Drupal, setting up FTP, getting things done
Sun, 2008/03/16 - 8:35pm — Benjamin MelançonWorking to put up a Facebook app (just RSS) and talking Agaric and PWGD with Alan
Sun, 2008/03/16 - 12:27pm — Benjamin Melançonmaking Manda help me debug my Drupal -> Twitter => Facebook + Adium setup (Adium hyper-updates)
Sun, 2008/03/16 - 10:00am — 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.
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