For the last couple of months I’ve had an Obama badge in my sidebar to show my support for his candidacy for president. The time for campaigning is done – it’s now time to focus on working together as a country. I’m now replacing my Obama badge with this: perhaps you’d like to do the…
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This is great (thanks Joe). I see people complaining and whining about Twitter’s downtime and issues1 all the time. I understand where they are coming from, but believe it or not I actually like the fact that Twitter isn’t a 100% reliable service. I don’t want Twitter to become a responsibility; I like having a…
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Update: NBC has now made this song available for download. Here is a direct link. The jazz version of O Holy Night at the end of tonight’s episode of Studio 60 knocked my socks off. When the voiceover said to go to nbc.com for more on tonight’s music, I was very hopeful. I thought, “perhaps…
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I mentioned a few days ago that I was interested in getting a new keyboard and mouse. Through my own research and the comments on that post, the Logitech S 530 seems like the best fit for me. Normally, I just buy tech stuff online (from Amazon when I can), but a keyboard and mouse…
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When did it become the in thing to sign off your e-mails with just your initials (or even just one initial)? I’m getting more and more e-mails that end with something like (using John Doe as the name in the example): … Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Regards, j. or even a plain: … Lorem…
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I generally don’t watch commercials (thanks TiVo), but occasionally one starts before I hit the skip button. This weekend I saw that Chase is using “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles as the background music for their current credit card commercial. That’s right, a song against commercialism being used to pimp a card…
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Sometimes it’s really hard to not tell your side of the story. The recent drama around Rocketboom being played out in public is hurting the reputation of both Amanda Cogdon and Andrew Baron – whatever the real story is. The same thing happened last month with PubSub, when information was broadcast that really should have…
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There is an IBM commercial on TV right now that shows a series of people all singing along to: I’m not like everybody else…1 But… they’re all singing the same thing together – each one, like everybody else. Is the irony here intentional and I’m missing a larger joke? by the Kinks, I believe. [back]
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I’m not entirely sure how or when it happened, but in the past year I’ve weeded almost all primary sources from my personal news intake. Pretty much everything I care about will get picked up or commented on by one of my secondary sources. I never gave much credence to the folks who talked about…
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I recall having some conversations years ago with friends back at the BigCo in the Bay Area about gas prices. We were wondering what the price per gallon would need to rise to for people to actually change their driving habits. I recall my estimate was $4-5/gallon. With gas prices exceeding $3/gallon in some areas,…
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This Saturday, I’m going to be participating in a bowl-a-thon to support Junior Achievement. This is a great organization and I’m happy to be able to help out with my donation and time. The point of this is to raise money for JA, so if you’d like to sponsor my participation in the bowl-a-thon (basically…
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My first participation in a meme , blame Scott. Go to bloglines (don’t think you need to have an account). Find your own blog on bloglines (if it’s not there you can sign up and add it I guess, if you don’t have a blog this one’s not for you). Click related feeds (each time…
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I bought a $3 umbrella from a street vendor outside Grand Central Station. 🙂
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Quick notes I jotted down (in my Treo) on my way to, and during my first day in the Big Apple… Is that cop pulling out after me? Whew, only a warning ticket – I almost don’t mind the delay. 🙂 Man, I feel sorry for this guy at the checkin counter. Apparently changing his…
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A few weeks ago I asked what the big deal is with these social networking sites. Last week, I may have found out. I’ve posted a few times asking if anyone would like to help with a security audit of Tasks Pro™ but hadn’t found anyone who was able to help. On a whim, I…