Appeasing the Meme Gods
The universe is off-balance again. I’ve by-passed too many memes and the narcissistic deities hovering over my computer have finally caught-up with me. I shall bring the yin and yang back in harmony by taking part in one of these gratuitous self-indulgent trips down music lane. My deep apologies for the numerous memes I’ve let […]
Computer Purchase Decision I Can Live With
After reviewing my options for a new home computer setup, I am pleased with the outcome of my decision. My requirements were: purchase a new machine for home computing and entertainment, upgrade parts to my old Dell desktop and network the two together.
Initially I debated over whether to go Mac, Windows or Linux. While […]
Track Specific Information with RSS Feeds
RSS feeds provide a means to extract topical information from a website. Often there are subtopics within a site that hold particular value or interest to me that I want to track. Instead of subscribing to the site as a whole, I often add select feeds to my reader. This can be extremely useful in […]
Spam Slime Leaches Everywhere
There is a pandemic plague afflicting business and home users of technology that is growing exponentially by the day. Spam is a resource parasite that is leaching into every crevice of our communication systems. The economic impact of spam continues to be a fundamental driver for more innovative and rapid change on the IT horizon.
Spammers […]
Castles in the Sand
This past weekend, my family and I scurried off to Port Aransas on the Texas Gulf coast. It is by no means the sweeping vistas of Big Sur, California or the placid white sands and blue waters of Florida. But Port Aransas was a nice sleepy little oceanside town to retreat from life for a […]
Road Warriors Access Google Reader Offline
For all of you road warriors looking for ways to keep up-to-date with your latest blogs and news sites, I’ve got good news for you. Google Reader can be read offline.
A few quick steps will get you reading sites offline.
Install Google Gears. Google Gears is an open source extension that enables you to pull […]
Google Says Hello to Micro-blogging
If you float around in the micro-blogging world of Pownce, Twitter or Jaiku, you will most likely have heard today of the recent acquisition of Jaiku by Google. This news has my engines gunned, so much so that I wrote a short post on it at TechFires.com as well.
Now, before you think of me as […]
10 Reasons to Use List-Item Tags
We love lists and if you can compact information into a set of 10, then you’ve found the holy grail of blog post formats. Searching Google with the phrase "10 reasons" turned up 190,000,000 results.
There is something tight about a list of 10. It’s long enough to convey a good amount of information but […]
The Rhythm of Writing
Ever hit a dry spell in your writing? Was it a mental block, life distractions or just in a funk? I’ve never been much for a loss of words but noticed that the rate of posts this last week slowed-down considerably from the rhythm I’ve been keeping in the weeks preceding it. In my case […]
What I Learned from the 35-Day No Caffeine Experiment
Day 35 came and went on Sunday and two days later I still have not imbibed on a caffeine drink. Why? I really haven’t gotten the urge. People have asked me whether I am going to start drinking coffee again and I don’t have an answer for them, well not a simple one. Here are […]
