The reason that I like Web Activities (and encourage others to use them) is that I don't really want to traipse all over creation to keep up with my friends, nor do I like having to share something more than once. As much as Microsoft might like to hope, we're not all going to use …
Where’s the party?
The other day when one of my explanations was running a little long, a colleague asked for the “Twitter” version. In other words, “give me the high level overview in 140 characters or less.” I thought that was pretty clever, so I decided it might be a neat idea to put the “Twitter” version at …
Never forget
September 11, 2001. It seems like a lifetime ago, but in many ways, I still remember it so vividly. Probably always will. http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf I clearly remember listening to Jim Brickman’s tune “Sudden Inspiration” that morning. I always played easy listening music before class and during breaks, and Brickman was a favorite of mine. It’s beautiful …
Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout?
Update In the interest of full disclosure, my Spaces compatriot Jeffrey brought it to my attention that there is indeed a viable, Spaces-compatible Windows Live Translator gadget available in the flagging WL Gallery. You're more than welcome to use it instead, as it now redirects to Bing Translator and does practcally the same thing as my …
Home improvement
I was recently thinking about when my wife and I moved into our house two years ago. It was our first house, and before finding it, we’d been shopping for about 6 months. I think we’d looked at about a hundred different houses (at least it felt that way), before we finally decided to make …
Behind the scenes
Getting a DVD library going is not quite as straightforward as you might think. The information is out there on how to do it, but it's spread far and wide as people writing it up assume you know a bunch of stuff you don't (or frankly shouldn’t have to) know. I’m not exactly a newbie …
Truer words have never been spoken
While I was changing his diaper this morning, my 2-year-old son grabbed himself, giggled, and with a sly grin said “penis tickle.” Leave it to a toddler to succinctly explain the male experience. - Greg Windows Live Tags: Logan, Humor, Guy Stuff Share
A taste for spam
As long as there has been an Internet, there’s been porn and spam. I’m not going into the sordid history of either, but if you’re not familiar with the latter, then get thyself o’er to Wikipedia and read up, then get come on back pronto. See, I’m writing today in defense of spam, specifically in …
Can you hear me now?
This week, I received a much-anticipated invite to try out Google Voice (cue choir of angels). It rocks, folks, and it rocks hard… For those of you who aren't familiar, Google Voice (GV) a beta VOIP service that provides a free US phone number in your local area code and then allows you to configure …
Coming Attractions
<rant> Ok, time for a quick gripe about my cable provider, Comcast. Not a gripe about their overall service per se, but the TV Guide channel and their misuse of said channel. See, I have basic non-digital cable service; you know, the no-frills package. I get about 70 channels, and at any given time, about …
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