It’s getting bad, folks. Why, just a couple of weeks ago, President Bush even lost his job. http://www.instantrimshot.com/rimshot.swf However, not everyone is feeling the pinch of the current economic slump. For instance, those guys who stand on street corners holding “Going Out of Business” signs certainly seem to be getting a lot of work lately. Rimshot …
25 random things about me
The rules. You are supposed to write 25 random things, trivia, habits, or goals about yourself. There’s no set of questions or requirements about what you choose to share. I’d recommend writing a blog post on your public or network-accessible space titled “25 Random Things about Me,” so it's easy to find and people in …
Thanks for the warning
I just received the latest SIB (service information bulletin) e-mail message from my corporate helpdesk. We get these messages anytime there’s a planned upgrade, planned (or unplanned) outage, or any number of other technology-related shenanigans. In typical IT fashion, they’re usually heavy on the “geek speak” and short on information that’s actually useful to the …
Plot in a bottle
Here’s the plot, in a nutshell, of every Nicholas Sparks book I’ve ever read: A lonely, disabled, or otherwise misunderstood (but generally maudlin) character finds an kindred spirit by some miracle of chance, and against all odds they fall in love and get to enjoy a fleeting moment of happiness together, until something terrible and unexpected happens …
Hello, Facebook friends
After weeks of trying (in vain) to get Windows Live to invite my Facebook friends, this morning it finally seems to be working properly. Maybe it’s just coincidence, but I upgraded to the IE8 release candidate last night. If nothing else, perhaps my latest offering appeased the gods of technology, so they decided to smile …
Windows Live’s Rosetta stone
We all (at least the English speakers among us) tend to assume the language of our most visited pages to be English. When we do occasionally run into a foreign-language page, it leaves us feeling totally flummoxed and suddenly quite aware of just how diverse our world can be. For instance, check out this blog …
These are a few of my favorite things
Favorite websites. We’ve all got ‘em, and we want to share them with everyone who cares to know (and occasionally push them on those who really couldn’t care less). In this post, I’m going to discuss a couple of interesting ways to advertise your most beloved destinations on the web with your adoring fans, along …
Young whipper-snappers!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things when they were growing up. How they had to walk 25 miles to school every morning, uphill, barefoot, both ways. Yada, yada, yada. I remember promising myself that when I grew up, I wouldn’t lay …
The force is not strong with these people
I’m not one to just post a bunch of embedded YouTube links on my blog, but I’m actually pretty busy today, and these were just too good to ignore. I’m a Star Wars super-freak (was there ever a question), so I’m partial to anything goofy that’s even remotely related to the franchise. So, without further …
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Spaced out
Time and again, I've seen old school spacers asking "Why, O Lord! Why?" when it comes to Spaces and the new (wave 3) Windows Live services. They tend to be upset by the changes and how complicated navigation has become in the WL universe. Many of them are especially distraught by the removal of Spaces …
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