Wow, nothing for 2 months, and then 2 posts in the same day. It's practically a record. Â I'm going to try something different on Greg's Space: we're going interactive. See, my mobile phone is almost 3 years old (in mobile phone years, that's like 21 years). It's a crude device that operates primarily via …
Flippin’ sweet
I've meant to update the ol' blog for quite some time, but I guess I haven't had much to share. And I believe that if you don't have something useful (or at least mildly humorous) to share, you really shouldn't bother polluting the Web with your tripe. Â This morning I stumbled across a nifty …
Mashups
I'm fascinated with the concept of a "mashup." It's a technology that allows developers to leverage existing applications and services to achieve a kind of hybrid result. A prime example would be the combination of a map service, such as Live Maps, with a shopping/auction service, such as Live Expo, to create a hybrid application …
I can see clearly now
I'm a software nerd. Computer hardware never appealled to me as much, because you're limited by the physical medium. Sometimes, you just have a bad part, and no matter how many times you clean it, check the connections, or (let's face it) smack the hell out of it, it's just not going to work. It's …
Notes blows goats
Here's a rant I recently posted on a Notes enthusiasts' blog: I'm a corporate trainer. As an email/calendar/contacts client (and I've used quite a few), I have to say that Lotus Notes is among the worst. And that's counting GroupWise. Â I'm sure it's an amazing database application, but most folks just want a standardized, …
Apparently, Moe doesn’t know e-mail
Good afternoon blogosphere,  This morning, I received a rather inconspicuous message in my work inbox from Moe's Southwest Grill; not the corporation, mind you, but from a GMail account operated by the assistant general manager of the local branch in Turkey Creek. It was your run-of-the-mill marketing crap, wildly proclaiming a special offer of some kind. …
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
You've probably heard that famous quote, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." It's taken from a cartoon that appeared in the New Yorker over a decade ago, but it's remarkably accurate. For instance, how can you assume to know know anything about someone merely by reading their Windows Live Space? How do you know I'm …
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A million monkeys
Someone once mused that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters, etc., that one of them would eventually bang out the complete works of Shakespeare. Who knew we'd be the monkeys, and the typewriters would be keyboards connected to the Internet? Â You know, in the span of a few short millennia, we've …
The blogging will continue until morale improves
Good day, fellow "space" cadets. Â I'm now almost a week into this blogging experiment, and to my amazement, I'm starting to get into it. Not only am I looking forward to opportunities to post new entries onto my blog, but I'm really enjoying the whole "Windows Live Spaces" culture. Â Arranging gadgets on these …
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