Why AOL is going down the toilet
Two days ago the June statement for my Visa card came in the mail. Because of a busy weekend, I didn’t get around to opening it until this morning, and I was very surprised by what I found: two $25.90...
View ArticleStill catching up
While I was in Vermont, I got my invitation to Ravelry (about two months after I’d signed up for one). I was worried that the invitation might “time out” if it didn’t get a response within a certain...
View ArticleRant the fourth
I love reading blogs. I love how blogs can offer intellectual and creative stimulation. And I love how blogs can point me in directions I hadn’t seen before. A lot of this pointing takes the form of...
View ArticleSeasonally appropriate
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I find myself with more reason than usual to be grateful this year. Last month I won a contest, and my prize was some amazing artwork done by my friend...
View ArticleTech talk
Around the end of June, my tech life changed dramatically in two ways. First, I became the owner of an iPhone 3G. Jan bought this two years ago and has used it pretty much nonstop every since. (We joke...
View ArticleIt’s a book
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BK_2VULCU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
View ArticleSocial media
I did it. I permanently deleted my Facebook account yesterday. In early summer, I got fed up with Facebook and decided to take a break from it. I deactivated my account (which meant I didn’t show up in...
View ArticleA holiday I can get behind
An awesome declaration about Facebook “friendship.” Plus there’s Shatner! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5bbz5SB7M[/youtube]
View ArticleChainmail suits + Tesla coils
It’s like a meeting of tech geeks and the SCA. Would any of you try this?
View ArticleIs technology making us lonely?
“Within this world of instant and absolute communication, unbounded by limits of time or space, we suffer from unprecedented alienation. We have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier....
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