Monthly Archives: April 2008

Twitter as Get Out of Jail Free Utility? You Bet!

CNN is reporting that James Karl Buck, a graduate student from University of California-Berkeley was arrested while on the outskirts of a riot related to the rising food prices in Egypt when he was taken into custody by the Egyptian … Continue reading

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The Worst Website Design I Must Use Often: Southwest Airlines

We all have a website that at times feels like the bane of our existence.  In my case that site happens to be Southwest Airlines.  Personally, I feel that it suffers from some uniquely bad work flow engineering and if … Continue reading

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Idiots With Lasers Result in Laser-Ban in Australia

If you can’t play with your toys properly, they get taken away. That’s the clear lesson we should all learn from the recent idiocy in Australia where it seems a few folks with IQ’s at least a standard deviation below … Continue reading

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Greeley, a Short Story

Editor’s note: Growing up my grand-dad had a feedlot in Greeley, Colorado. This short fiction is based upon events related to that property. Greeley The two men leaned against the fence staring silently over the long shadows of the corn … Continue reading

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Want to Monetize Old Content? Contact Me Now

Hey, everyone. This is a bit of a non-typical post but I figured I might as well reach out to my community of readers since reaching out to some other folks (like Engadget and Gizmodo and CNet and Expert Village … Continue reading

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Death By Blogging, and Other Tall Tales

It’s no surprise that half a dozen people sent me a link the Matt Richtel’s New York Times Article (login required) about the stresses of blogging and the toll it takes on one’s health. To his credit, Matt did attempt … Continue reading

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This is Courage

Have you ever been THIS BRAVE? I haven’t. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2NAM4jWbw&autoplay=0 320 320]

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