{"id":1014,"date":"2008-01-01T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/01\/happy-new-year-reflections-for-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-01-01T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2008-01-01T16:00:47","slug":"happy-new-year-reflections-for-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/01\/happy-new-year-reflections-for-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year – Reflections for 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, another year has come and gone. The Earth has finished another full revolution of sol. (More or less… see: solar<\/a> vs sidereal year<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

It feels like just yesterday that I was welcoming the arrival of 2007… or was it 2006<\/a>? I’ve not been 100% about writing a post on New Year’s Day. Still, the time has flown by. It’s hard to believe I started this blog way back in 2003<\/a>. It’s hard to believe I only just moved to New Jersey – it feels like I’ve been away from Massachusetts for a lot longer.<\/p>\n

There’s been a lot of change in the last year. New technologies, and existing technologies becoming cheaper (just look at LCD and plasma TVs). I could spend all day naming new products – but don’t worry, I’ll spare you from that horror.<\/p>\n

I could also spend some time reflecting on the state of world affairs – but I won’t. I’d rather be optimistic on New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n

So, here’s wishing everyone everywhere a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2008.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, another year has come and gone. The Earth has finished another full revolution of sol. (More or less… see: solar vs sidereal year.) It feels like just yesterday that I was welcoming the arrival of 2007… or was it 2006? I’ve not been 100% about writing a post on New Year’s Day. Still, the… Continue reading Happy New Year – Reflections for 2008<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[84,386],"class_list":["post-1014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-holiday","tag-personal","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-gm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5838,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2022\/11\/20\/keiths-anime-reviews-anohana-the-flower-we-saw-that-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":1014,"position":0},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day","author":"Keith Survell","date":"November 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, that title certainly is a mouthful, isn't it? Fair warning: there are spoilers ahead. There are 2 different ways I could describe what this show is about: The charming story of a girl who died years ago coming back as a ghost (but only visible to 1 person) and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "fun stuff"","block_context":{"text":"fun stuff","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/fun-stuff\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1228,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/07\/25\/sousveillance\/","url_meta":{"origin":1014,"position":1},"title":"Sousveillance","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is encouraging: Now a countervailing storyline is starting to get some traction in real life: the increasing citizen use of technology to \u201cwatch from below.\u201d The practice has been called \u201csousveillance,\u201d a word that comes the French word \u201csous\u201d (from below) with the word \u201cviller\u201d (to watch). Instead of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":373,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/01\/18\/c-o-l-d\/","url_meta":{"origin":1014,"position":2},"title":"C O L D","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 18, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"This is never something you want to see before you have to walk to work. I direct your attention to the \"Feels Like\" indicator of -19*F. Yeouch!","rel":"","context":"In "personal"","block_context":{"text":"personal","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2721,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/06\/30\/firefox-3-5-available-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":1014,"position":3},"title":"Firefox 3.5 Available Today!","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Excitement! Adventure! Really wild things! Firefox 3.5 is officially released today! I\u2019m quite excited about this new release \u2013 this is, quite frankly, a really big release for Firefox that includes a lot of really cool, neat things, including (but not limited to): Support for the HTML5