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An open dialogue with a dork

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

One of the “perks” (short for “perrrrks”) of having my own blog is that I can respond to chwads like this guy without having to sign into their site and give them ad revenue, as described in my previous blogging adventure. So. Already casting aspersions on Google’s incredibly generous ability for people to self-program their […]

Hamstrung

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

I’m a web developer/designer by trade, which in practice means I create sites from concept to planning to development to deployment. That makes me kinda weird all in all, because it means I have to be both a big froo-froo right-brained graphic designer and a heartless technology wonk. Thus am I a pariah. For instance, […]

I’m about to be controversial! Watch out! HERE COMES THE CONTROVERSY!

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Half the “Sci/Tech” news I see on Google News these days is either “The 8 greatest video games of all time” or “12 reasons why Apple has its head up its butt.” Inevitably, all of these stories have a huge list of comments in the vein of “YU DONT KNO WHAT U TALKIN ABOUT NO […]

O HELO LOLZ

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

You know, it’s often in your own best interest to check your old email accounts occasionally, because you might miss a notice from your registrar that your URL is about to expire. Just a tip.

Move and Kinect: the gateways to Failtown

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

I’ve been keeping up with the E3 Expo going on in LA. The general consensus is that Nintendo has “won” this year, even with some technical glitches in the presentation, mostly by not making huge fools of themselves like everyone else. Penny Arcade has it exactly right in this strip. But what’s so wrong with […]

I, too, was wrong about the iPad

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Much like Joe Wilcox, I have to admit I was wrong about the Apple iPad. Mea culpa, sackcloth and ashes, etc. Earlier I said it was pretty much a useless piece of metal and plastic. But now I’ve come around: I’m convinced it’s a completely useless piece of metal and plastic. Every argument I’ve seen […]

Why I gotta be such a potty-mouth?

Monday, June 14th, 2010

A few updates ago I used a pretty “foul” word several times. I did this advisedly, unlike most other Interweb denizens for whom such speech is punctuation, because (a) everybody that I care might ever read this blog is already familiar with most swears, and (b) it was funny. Look, Society in General Reduced to […]

Creating is imperative

Friday, June 11th, 2010

I’ve come to realize that my whole thing, my reason for getting out of bed in the morning, my soul, my whatsis, my very dealiewhopper, is to make things. Doesn’t matter what: writing, music, sculpture, philosophies, drawings, web pages, programs, bad jokes, sandwiches, wooty noises on my theremin. If it has no practical value, I’m […]

DROOOIIIDD

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Hello from my new Droid phone. George Lucas eat your heart out. It’s funny though that the on-screen keyboard is somewhat easier to use than the physical one. Oh well. Fun awaits with my new toy!

Seven come eleven. Nobody knows what that means.

Friday, May 14th, 2010

I just upgraded to Windows 7. Hello from a desktop that has a big picture of a bale of hay on it! Mostly this post is to check that the Windows Live Writer is working. Cross your fingers! The suspense! The nail-biting thrill ride! The obvious success I’ve already had if you’re reading this!