Jackson Browne is easily my favorite singer/songwriter. Perhaps he's not the most obvious choice for someone of my age, but in the last few years, I've really come to identify with his music. Browne has been called "a thinking man's rock star," with introspective, literate, and often deeply personal lyrics. No other artist is able …
Two birds with one stone
Ever heard of CAPTCHA? You probably have, even if you aren't familiar with the acronym. CAPTCHA (or Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a sort of challenge /response test to allow you to prove that your are, in fact, not a computer. The test is simple: a subjective image …
Hootie goes country
That's right, folks. Darius Rucker, the front man for Hootie and the Blowfish, has released a country album titled "Learn to Live." I've just finished listening to it, and I wanted to share my impressions with the masses (all three of you). Â First, let me qualify my review by saying that I'm a Hootie …
I’m a PC
 The new Microsoft "I'm a PC" ads are live, and they've already received a warmer reception than those from a few weeks back, which featured Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates traveling the world together.  The new ads feature a honest-to-goodness Microsoft employee named Sean Siler, who bears a passing resemblance to John "PC" …
BlackBerry black-eye
I don't usually get into politics on my blog, but I'll make an exception where humor and/or technology are involved. Luckily, this story has both. According to the USA Today: Move over, Al Gore. You may lay claim to the Internet, but John McCain helped create the BlackBerry. At least that's the contention of a …
Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn…oh my!
How connected do we really need to be? If the latest statistics around popular social networking services are to be believed, we need to be connected at all times, to a lot of people, sharing every aspect of our personal lives.  I'll admit (much to my wife's chagrin) that I'm often guilty of being too …
Fighting ingorance
For years I have enjoyed the column The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, which regularly appears in the Chicago Reader. Cecil answers all sorts of readers' questions, ranging from the mundane to the obscene. No matter how ridiculous the question, the column always attempts to answer it earnestly (often with tongue firmly planted in cheek). …
Come together
I've finally upgraded my phone, and as promised, I'm here to deliver the good news. I decided to go with the Verizon SMT5800.  For me, this represents a convergence of technologies that I've been trying to achieve for quite awhile. Ever since my first PDA (a monochrome Handspring Visor running PalmOS), I've hoped to get …
Hoo are you?
Over the past week, we've added yet another mural component to Logan's classic Pooh-themed nursery. This time around, it's Owl's tree, complete with Owl himself:  Owl's Tree  This was certainly the biggest art project thus far; the tree stretches from floor to ceiling, wraps around the corner behind the rocking chair, and is …
At a loss for words
<rant>  Lately, Microsoft Office Word 2007 really chaps my hide. Not only have Microsoft fractured the tried-and-true interface with that "fluent" crap, but they have added a zillion goofy new features that few people are likely to actually use. And the one feature that would really help me out doesn't seem to exist.  I work …
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