Oh woe, is me. To be shackled to a story until either the story beats you, or you beat it. It’s a pitiful state to be in. The choice; self-imposed as it is, from freedom, to write a novel. Tis but gloomy prospects for the witless. Nothing more than a holy war…
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Mismatched Headlines and Banners
Sometimes auto-generated headlines and images for Banner Ads are complete mismatches. Here is one I came across this morning from iStock. “Over 9 million images that are beautiful, affordable and…” filled with fire, destruction and the end of humanity! But…hey they are beautiful! (not to mention they are SAFE to download! What a relief.)…
Can You Tell Anything About A Person Based On The Domains They've Registered?
Every year Godaddy reminds me that I have a habit–a costly obsession. Some people collect baseball cards. Some collect tea cups. Others collect stamps, or books, or bottles of booze, or sex partners, or…shoes. I, on the other hand, collect domains. Here is a tiny look into my trove of…
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How to Play Pirate's Dice
While in Germany we were introduced to this simple pub game. They call it Mäxchen, which I think is just their pronunciation of Mexican… but the game is really called Pirate’s Dice. Mäxchen is the art of being deceived and detecting deception with dice. Best to be played with four…
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How To Make A Paper Boat
Here is some good clean fun for your inner Napoleon. How to make a paper boat. (scroll down for step-by-step photos). What’s so great about making boats out of paper? No…it’s not that they look cool when you set them on fire –its that they require no cutting, glue, scissors…
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Metadata is a Beautiful Thing
I’m sitting here listening to an Underworld song. I just spent 5 minutes scanning my iTunes for something that fits my mood. I spent another 3 minutes flipping through my Pandora. Nothing I land on seems to be working. I’m in one of THOSE moods where only the right balance of…
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Monitor Suddenly Turns Black & White
Some funny people like to play jokes on others by screwing with their computers. Personally, I think practical jokes that include someone’s computer are about as funny as getting your sneaks tied together and thrown up onto a telephone wire. However, goofy things happen to good people. A friend called…
