Lurking in Sherwood Forest
“Welcome to Sherwood.”
That’s Erroll Flynn’s line after swinging out of the trees on a long vine and landing atop a great boulder in the wonderful 1939 film The Adventures of Robin Hood. As the title character, he is addressing the murderous Sir Guy and the lovely, but naive, Maid Marion, whom he and his band of merry men have just captured. This is a great tale of the underdog taking on powerful scoundrels and having fun doing it. And that’s more or less what I hope this blog will be.
I’m a liberal… and becoming more liberal every day. I don’t like the way powerful interests have gained control of our government and our media, marginalizing the rest of us. This site is my small (minute) way of fighting back.
When Maid Marion accuses Robin of speaking treason, he replies, “Fluently.” I hope to be fluent. But my focus will not just be politics. In fact, now that Obama is in the White House, I’m more likely to write about software, movies, sports, and other topics.
So, “Welcome to Sherwood.”
DioDraco
December 30, 2007 at 9:32 pm
hey. this is your fiancee’s son.
she gave me your blog, so here I be poking you.
I like the attitude, robin hood is a fun persona, whimsical, and light hearted, but knows how to get things done, and has his heart in the right place.
ever talk of a utopian culture?
I sometimes wonder if it’s possible to wrestle americans from their coveted capitalist regime.
could they ever forego the aquisitius nature, in lieu of sharing what they have, and can do, in exchange for what they can share?
dunno if it’s even possible.
Vermonter 17032
December 30, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Hey, M!
Thanks for the comment — my first one. I don’t think America is ready or ever will be ready to lose its greedy sense of entitlement, but I have been wrong before, and hope to be wrong about this.
Hope you’re well and looking forward to a good new year.
S
DioDraco
December 31, 2007 at 6:02 pm
wow, for a blog, that was a fast reply.
and you’re darn right, I don’t think entitlement is gonna fade quickly.
but it might be nice to see if one could create a community, isolate it from everybody….kinda like the shakers…but not so primitive. you know, their own power supply, food supply, every thing they’d need to live normal american lives…..but….not a penny of cash in the place.
no prizon to be found.
no lawyers. no bankers. no crime, no unemployment.
anyway, if you use msn or aol instant messanger you should gimmie a poke! mom and I chat on msn, sometimes.
DioDraco
December 31, 2007 at 6:06 pm
oh, and be sure to set your blog’s time stamping to the correct time zone.
you’ve got it on england time….
Vermonter 17032
January 1, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Happy New Year, M!
Thanks for the headsup about the time thing!
Jake Seliger
January 19, 2011 at 5:33 pm
Two points:
1) I followed James Fallows’ blog to here and want to ask: have you considered reviewing Devonthink Pro? I ask because I use it as described by Steven Berlin Johnson here and would like to know how it compares to programs like Personal Brain.
I’ve also written about Devonthink Pro here and elsewhere.
2) You might want to consider posting an e-mail address, even of the Sherwood [at] gmail ((dot)) com variety: I would’ve sent my first question through that medium, but I don’t see an address.
Steve Zeoli
January 19, 2011 at 9:23 pm
I have a little experience with Devonthink Pro, though I haven’t delved too deeply into all its features and functions. I’ve read Steven Berlin Johnson’s article and I don’t think you could do quite the same thing with PersonalBrain — at least not as easily. The note editor in PB is a bit weak. Also, PB is more hands-on. That is, you do most of the organization manually. Whereas, one of the strengths of Devonthink is that much of the organization as well as the relationships are built automatically.
I know I didn’t really supply much of a a response. Perhaps one of these days I’ll dive into DT more and write a review or at least a more thorough comparison.
BTW, I enjoyed your article about DT and Scrivener.
Steve