Peter Scott's Blog tag:www.peterscott.com,2010:/MT/1 2010-05-12T21:05:33Z From an Island in the Pacific... Movable Type 3.2 Watch this space... tag:www.peterscott.com,2010:/MT//1.9 2010-05-12T21:01:56Z 2010-05-12T21:05:33Z I will soon be launching an entirely new business dedicated to personal and executive coaching. More to come!... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com I will soon be launching an entirely new business dedicated to personal and executive coaching. More to come!

]]> Unfortunate truncation tag:www.peterscott.com,2007:/MT//1.8 2007-08-22T22:00:09Z 2007-08-22T22:03:09Z My wife and I borrow a lot of books from the library. Up to a dozen a week. So we want to avoid fines. Fortunately, our library account is online and readily hacked through Perl's WWW::Mechanize module, so we both... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com My wife and I borrow a lot of books from the library. Up to a dozen a week. So we want to avoid fines. Fortunately, our library account is online and readily hacked through Perl's WWW::Mechanize module, so we both have cron jobs that inform us when any book is imminently due.

It seems that the library catalog truncates its book titles... sometimes in unfortunate places. Grace just received a message that said "Fast & flexible ways to personalize your ho is due on 08-25-07"

Oops.

]]> Where have the 24-hour news channels gone? tag:www.peterscott.com,2007:/MT//1.7 2007-02-04T00:30:47Z 2007-02-04T00:34:27Z No reply yet to the letter below I sent on December 27. Jonathan Klein President, CNN/US 1 CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 Dear Sir, I’ve been watching CNN for many years, but not lately. I want you to return to... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com No reply yet to the letter below I sent on December 27.

Jonathan Klein
President, CNN/US
1 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303

Dear Sir,

I’ve been watching CNN for many years, but not lately. I want you to return to your former function of providing news. I used to be a huge devotee of Headline News, but now what that channel carries is definitely not headlines and arguably not news. Between 5pm and 10pm Pacific on Wednesday December 27, for instance, a typical night, Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck were repeated twice and Showbiz Tonight once. Meanwhile CNN had Larry King repeated twice, two Anderson Cooper shows, and Paula Zahn.

]]> What happened to live updates of current events as they happen? Instead you have repetitious interviews, commentary, and “specials” on CNN, and a right-wing loudmouth, a fulminating feminist, and starlet obsession on HN. Tiny bits of news updates are squeezed into some of those programs as unadvertised intrusions. It’s just pointless to watch either channel during prime time in the Pacific time zone if one is looking for news. I get better options from the Canadian NEWSNET and CBNEW cable channels.

I wouldn’t write this letter if I didn’t think you used to be a great channel and you might listen to me. I’ve taken the Atlanta tour twice. I realize the pressure for ratings is huge but if that’s what this is about, why not just throw in the towel and show the same kind of soft porn that Fox makes? For heaven’s sake, it’s not like there’s any real alternative in 24-hour television news, at least not on my lineup (90 channels; basic Shaw service); if there were, I wouldn’t bother writing.

Aren’t there a lot of people like me who want to turn on the TV and see the latest news, updated to the minute, whenever they want? Shouldn’t a station calling itself a news station do that on at least one of its channels? Like you used to?

]]> Book Review: "Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook" tag:www.peterscott.com,2006:/MT//1.6 2006-11-15T02:22:05Z 2006-11-15T02:23:33Z I have reviewed "Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook" by Ian Langworth and chromatic, at http://www.psdt.com/publications/psdt_articles/Perl%20Testing.html.... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com I have reviewed "Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook"
by Ian Langworth and chromatic, at
http://www.psdt.com/publications/psdt_articles/Perl%20Testing.html.

]]> The Heinlein Centennial tag:www.peterscott.com,2006:/MT//1.5 2006-10-25T04:15:59Z 2006-10-25T04:28:01Z I am on the executive committee of the Heinlein Centennial (http://www.heinleincentennial.com/). We're getting ready for a great event; go read about it.... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com I am on the executive committee of the Heinlein Centennial (http://www.heinleincentennial.com/). We're getting ready for a great event; go read about it.

]]> Heinlein was one of the greatest writers of all time and a personal hero of mine. I'm tired of modern writers' wishy-washy, neurotic characters. I usually have more fun rereading a Heinlein story than anything new.

]]> The blogging continues... tag:www.peterscott.com,2006:/MT//1.1 2006-10-24T03:54:21Z 2006-10-24T03:55:31Z Finally got a decent blog system up here: SixApart's MovableType.... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com Finally got a decent blog system up here: SixApart's MovableType.

]]> Pro Perl tag:www.peterscott.com,2006:/MT//1.2 2006-05-12T04:05:50Z 2006-10-24T04:06:43Z I have (finally!) reviewed "Pro Perl", at http://www.psdt.com/publications/psdt_articles/ProPerl.html .... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com I have (finally!) reviewed "Pro Perl", at http://www.psdt.com/publications/psdt_articles/ProPerl.html .

]]> Pro Perl Debugging tag:www.peterscott.com,2005:/MT//1.3 2005-09-07T04:07:53Z 2006-10-24T04:08:55Z I have reviewed the book Pro Perl Debugging, by Richard Floey and Andy Lester, at http://www.psdt.com/publications/psdt_articles/pro_perl_debugging.html.... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com I have reviewed the book Pro Perl Debugging, by Richard Floey and Andy Lester, at http://www.psdt.com/publications/psdt_articles/pro_perl_debugging.html.

]]> The New Generation tag:www.peterscott.com,2005:/MT//1.4 2005-09-06T04:09:42Z 2006-10-24T04:10:29Z Newsflash for those studying American generational structures: Statisticians have just identified an important new demographic group. Comprised of those people born between 1890 and 2005, this group contains over 99.9% of all Americans (subject to rounding error). This group also... Peter Scott http://www.peterscott.com Newsflash for those studying American generational structures: Statisticians have just identified an important new demographic group. Comprised of those people born between 1890 and 2005, this group contains over 99.9% of all Americans (subject to rounding error).

This group also includes 99.9% of all registered voters and represents the vast majority of the purchasing power in America today. Marketers and advertisers are urged to study this important group, dubbed "The People Generation". Some allege that by asking The People you can find out what The People think and want.

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