If you are like me, you have a few friends who rely on you to help them out occasionally with using their computer. I often find myself talking with these folks by Skype both because it saves money and/or minutes on the calls and because I enjoy being hands free when I’m talking with them. [...]
In an email exchange this morning with my friend Juan, who recently celebrated turning 60, he commented that he had been somewhat concerned about me because he noticed that I hadn’t updated my blog in “many days.” He is right of course in a manner of speaking , but in another way he is [...]
Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash
Apparently some of my friends are having trouble viewing this video here on my site. Why I can’t imagine, since it plays perfectly well for me here in Firefox. If you’d like to try to view it in its native location go here: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/breaking_news_all_online_data
This morning I discovered through my RSS feeds that version 0.9 of Flock was available for download, so I downloaded and installed it. I am writing this post using its blog editor. My initial impressions of the user interface are generally positive as it is quite different than it was when I last used it. [...]
On June the sixth, I had my semi-annual appointment to get my teeth cleaned, and I dreaded the usual but familiar difficulty associated with removing the stains from my teeth that smoking a pipe causes. So the night before, I tossed out my pipes and decided that the night of the fifth of June would be [...]
Thanks to my buddy Juan Gutierrez for pointing out this video to me.
My sons and their families gave me gift certificates for Father’s Day this year. One of them chose a gift certificate from Home Depot and the other chose one from Amazon.com. I appreciated both of them, of course, and will try to find something that I’d like to have from there.
This morning I “spent” the [...]
Paul sent me an article this afternoon from The New Republic titled, “From Whittaker Chambers to George W. Bush. The End of the Journey” by Sam Tanenhaus. It was long and interesting and educational. As I read it though, I was reminded why I like reading things online, about which I’ve written before here.
Normally if [...]