Special Moments
Nothing beats the joys of parenthood. Absolutely nothing… For example: Darling daughter #1(dd#1) throws a box of crayons into my wife’s brand new (under 2 weeks) dryer machine. Wife has nervous breakdown. I spend the rest…
Alligator Bait
“When you’re up to your ass in alligators, just stop a moment and ask yourself why you decided to drain the swamp in the first place.” – Lyndon B. Johnson Thinking outside the box, now…
Newspaper Tipping Point: Current Events
My 11 yo daughter called me while I was driving home last night, to ask me to pick up a newspaper so she could start her weekly current events assignment for school. Without thinking, I…
WordPress 2.8.4 – Update Now
The folks at Automattic released a security update for WordPress today due to a very specific bug: …a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to…
When Your Product Stinks…
I was using a product the other day and it was a real disaster. It prompted me to think that somewhere, someone was showing up to an office where their task was to market this…
Random Summer Thoughts
I’m so busy I forgot to book my summer vacation until yesterday. Apparently the kids go back to school a week earlier than I thought so I will be off the week of the 17th.…
A New Forum User Experience?
I’ve been a huge fan of vBulletin forum software since I first installed it on Reel-Time.com in 2001. In the intervening years, I’ve seen software come and software go, but vBulletin continues to chug along.…
Friday Music Video: Beastie Boys – Sabotage
I’m feeling my oats today…and that’s all I’ll say. Wrap your head around this little bit… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4PN7Xbexq4[/youtube]
The Advent of the Micro-Celebrity
Welcome to our brave new world…it is a place in which style triumphs substance, and appearance supercedes truth. A place where the personal myths we create become truth, and are rechristened as “personal branding.” We…
News Has Always Been Free…
I read an interesting post this morning by Michael Hickins on The Faster Times that posit that “Internet Isn’t Killing Papers, We Are“. His basic premise: that the tech industry, and the web in particular…