The online extract includes some of the footnote links slightly out of context. Nonetheless, it’s kind of good that they’re there, because Punchcut and Barbara Ballard have always been great references for me.

Gerry Gaffney was a great editor; he patiently helped me forge something coherent and focused.

1. Something broke and caused a 500
2. I tried to fix it and broke more things
3. I decided to upgrade to WP 2.7.1 (booosh!)
4. I didn’t really read all the instructions
5. I did an import of the sql db I backed up through phpMyAdmin (gnarly)
6. Something magickally fixed

What an epic. This was undoubtedly due to neglect. Like cars, you have to turn blogs over every now and then to keep them running.

Lesson learnt.

First, this agreement is likely to change forever the way that we find and browse for books, particularly out-of-print books. Google has already scanned more than 7 million books, and plans to scan millions more. This agreement will allow Google to get close to its original goal of including all of those books into Google’s search results (publishers got some concessions, however, for in-print books). In addition to search, scanned public domain books will be available for free PDF download (as they are today). But the agreement goes beyond Google’s Book Search by permitting access, as well. Unless authors specifically opt out, books that are out-of-print but still copyrighted will be available for “preview” (a few pages) for free, and for full access for a fee.

Fred von Lohmann of the EFF goes on to outline five key concerns with the Book Search deal.

From the Match Bar menu.

(I had to look up Vahlrona, or is that Valrhona. Either way, I guess it’s bad-ass chocolate.)