Drowning in E-mail
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »Ever heard of e-mail bankruptcy? It's what happens when you give up on cleaning out your inbox and just delete everything and start over. This little article talks about the peculiarity of e-mail and how it tends to pile up. ...
Oceans of Justice
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | No Comments »"I can't stand your relgious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. ...
Tweaking the Site, Making Life Easier
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Technology | 3 Comments »I spent some time tweaking the site yesterday (again). I realized I didn't have much of a description anywhere so I added one to the top. Maybe that will help explain what this place is to the newbies. And ...
Making a Mac Computer Work with a Microsoft Keyboard & Mouse
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in Technology | No Comments »I hate blogging about this, but I don't know where else to turn. Maybe you can help. I'm trying to get my Mac to work with a Microsoft keyboard and mouse, and it feels a bit like trying to broker peace ...
New Movie Reviews & Book Reviews
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »After much tinkering, false starts, failed attempts and rabbit holes I finally have a new movie and book review system going. Each item gets a fancy 1-5 star rating (half stars are allowed) and an image pulled in from Amazon. ...
Arr, Pirates! Groan, Bratz!
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in Movies | No Comments »Went to see Pirates 3 on Saturday night (if you want my take you can check my quick review) and I think my favorite part had to be the collective groan when the title was revealed at the end of ...
Saving Water
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in Society | 4 Comments »The average American uses between 100 and 176 gallons of water per day. About half of that goes down the toilet. The average African family uses 5 gallons of water per day. More than one billion people lack access to ...
Too Much Extra Junk on Blog Posts
Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in Internet | 4 Comments »Marketing guru Seth Godin blogged today about adding some fancy new links on his site. First, he added this little pop up thing next to his books. It's not a true pop up window (it's all web 2.0--what is that? Java? ...
Letter to Iraq
Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in War | No Comments »Aspiring rock star Nathan Arizona has started the Letter to Iraq campaign. He wants to send a letter to the Iraqi people signed by ordinary Americans that apologizes for our mistakes (Abu Ghraib, among others) and expresses a wish for ...
Panhandling is Big Business in Twin Cities
Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Posted in Society, Twin Cities | No Comments »Apparently panhandling is big business in the Twin Cities: Some people can make $80-100/hour Hot corners are being bought and sold Tips on best practices can be found online That should help assuage the guilt I feel every time I pass by someone begging ...
