Hey there! Long time.

[Jeff]

Two quick things.

After service above and beyond, Project Willow's turned in her badge as moderator. Deep thanks to PW for everything. RI owes her lots, and I owe her even more.

Second, I need to get active here again. And that's not just the guilt talking. I miss it, and all of you. So I'll be hanging around more. Expect me. (I don't mean that to sound ominous.)

Er, that's all for now.

[Searcher08]

Yahoo!!

I came across something recently at the unlikely intersection of Charles Fort, Christian Fundies, NASA, deep politics, meme spread - all sorts - that I thought "Would *love* to have Jeff's take on this..."

Exposing the NASA conspiracy of the Globe Earth


Disclosure: I do not think the Earth is flat

[Nordic]

Great news, Jeff. Remember to bring jumper cables.

[IanEye]

After service above and beyond, Project Willow's turned in her badge as moderator.

Well, thankfully we still have DrVolin's steady hand.




Welcome back (to your own board),

ie

[Grizzly]

My phone government tracker has ruined me, everytime I go to post something i want to speak my text instead of write it. Anyway, welcome back Jeff! I hope that this includes your pithy and spectacular writing and blog posts. As far as having technological remorse, I thought you guys might be interested in, 'Catching Up With the Unabomber. When Does the End Justify the Means?'

http://disinfo.com/2015/08/catching-una ... ify-means/

Bonus: (not sure how to embed this or if you even can...)
http://imgur.com/AckNsBP



Note: I did not laugh as it was not and is not funny...

[PufPuf93]

Thank you to Project Willow.

Thank you Jeff for RI.

My phone government tracker has ruined me, everytime I go to post something i want to speak my text instead of write it. Anyway, welcome back Jeff! I hope that this includes your pithy and spectacular writing and blog posts. As far as having technological remorse, I thought you guys might be interested in, 'Catching Up With the Unabomber. When Does the End Justify the Means?'

http://disinfo.com/2015/08/catching-una ... ify-means/

Bonus: (not sure how to embed this or if you even can...)
http://imgur.com/AckNsBP



Note: I did not laugh as it was not and is not funny...

I knew Gil Murray for 20 years when he died. We met when he was the TA for the first forestry class I took at Cal in 1975. We were both Cal Foresters and California Registered Professional Foresters. He was a good, kind, and fun man with a wife and family. He had just started a new job in replacing the retired Bill Dennison. He opened a package addressed to Bill Dennison.


Forestry Friday … Remembering Gilbert Murray

Posted on April 24, 2015

Gil Murray’s life ended twenty years ago today. He was the final victim of the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Gil was a Registered Professional Forester and leader in the California forestry profession. When I first met him, he was head forester for one of our local competitors. He was later hired to lead the California Forestry Association, a promotion that led to his death. Gil was deeply respected in the forestry community as a man of the highest character. I tip my hat to Gil Murray.


http://theforesterartist.com/tag/gil-murray/

[Elvis]

Great to hear, Jeff!



And thanks to Willow for the great job she did as moderater.

[Grizzly]

@ pufpuf93 et, al

I tip my hat to Gil Murray.

And I too. He sounded like a gentle soul. Such a loss.

I certainly empathise with the loss. My post was certainly not intended to cause any negitive feelings. And I do apoligise if it has. I was more interested in the in/outs of the message and quite intrigued by there NOT being a modern 'philosophy of technology', etc...

[norton ash]

Hi Jeff. You've even got me using Facebook... your page is great for Canadian election stuff. Thanks, Willow.

[stillrobertpaulsen]

So I'll be hanging around more. Expect me. (I don't mean that to sound ominous.)

That would be awesome. Even if you do it in an ominous way, it'll still be awesome!

[Laodicean]

You heard us calling, me especially. Welcome back.

[coffin_dodger]

Well, come on then. Sweaty-palmed hand-wringing at the back of the auditorium is no use. Dive in. Reactivate.

[peartreed]

Project Willow was a magnificent moderator. Many thanks for her perseverance, propriety and poise.

Jeff: Welcome back Absentee Landlord!

[stickdog99]

As a coincidence theorist, I see nothing suspicious about the timing.

[stefano]

Hey there Jeff! Good news, looking forward to your inputs here.

And thanks, Willow, for moderating.