I’ve had my Nexus One (the current googlephone) for a couple of months now, and it's been enjoyable. I bought it knowing that it’d be a useful toy.
DNS resolved
Jul 4, ’10
8:39 AM
My friend has been hosting my dns resolution for many years, including long periods of internet disinterest. He recently had some problems with his server farm; it's back now, and so am I.
Finding a Great Author
Apr 13, ’10
6:27 AM
The author is John Scalzi. I recently finished his first book "Old Man's War
Review of "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay
Apr 12, ’10
2:07 PM
Deconstructing books is never fun, so I'm not going to go on about why this one doesn't work. If you have any interest in this book, watch the Showtime series instead. The series takes everything good in this book and builds on it, adding complexity, structure, and nuance where they were absent in the book. This wasn't a good read for me.
Amazon link: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
On Reviews and Reviewing
Mar 21, ’10
9:30 PM
I'm a fan of reviews and thoughtful criticism. I also like to write reviews, but I've had a hard time figuring out what to do with them.
Akismet def. Spam
Feb 22, ’10
6:49 PM
Has spam been solved? This blog is both young and mostly dormant, as I chase two young kids and renovate this old house and catch up at work. Still, the spam trickles in all the same. None has gotten through. Go go Akismet!
constraints and joy
Jan 25, ’10
7:56 PM
At first I didn't understand twitter, but I've come to enjoy it.
As a hobbiest writer, I appreciate the challenge of 140 characters. Strunk said to Omit needless words, but twitter advances the concept. If I have a complex or multistep thought and want to tweet it, on a geeky level I like trying to cram it into such a short space.
For example, no paired em-dashes in a twitter sentence. Four characters. Cram a semicolon and space in there instead.
When I tweet, the constraint makes me think harder about language, about punctuation. Anything that makes me think harder, I enjoy.
Persistent Television is Awesome
Dec 21, ’09
1:47 PM
One of the great joys of this modern world is the ability to discover cool video that isn't perfectly current.
Why I Should Read Less
Dec 15, ’09
2:24 PM
I had a draft of an essay in my google docs called "Being Cool is Expensive". Couple hundred words, unpolished. Then I saw "New Device Desirable, Old Device Undesirable" from the Onion, which said everything I wanted to say, but better than I could have said it.
The draft will die in my unpublished folder. Also, time to unsubscribe from The Onion.
Credit is a Hobby
Dec 13, ’09
4:25 PM
Credit scores have a lot of reach into your quality of life. Luckily, I took an interest in the topic years ago and doing so helped me get my family into a home.
