I’m not last! I’m not last!
Some how, some way, I found myself standing in the rain with my oldest daughter at the start line of a Warrior Dash at 9:30am. In hindsight, that wasn’t as weird a moment as maybe it should have been. But … [...]
Category Archives: Gratuitous whining
@Dominos is almost doing Twitter right
UPDATED: 12/14/2012 See below – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – At the least, national consumer brands must monitor Twitter to learn … [...]
Threats against the sacred office candy bowl
Oh man. Now they want to take the candy bowl away. Can we just use opaque containers? Maybe put a lid on it? Please??? There is research to show how irresistible the candy dish can be. A four-week … [...]
First mow of the season
Wet, long and fresh growth. No fun to mow but we did find the dog. … [...]
Someone call the waaaaambulance
Why is it that the same people who are adamant about creating trade rules, regulations, and restrictions (usually under the feel-good labels of “protection” and “reform”) are the first to complain at businesses when they don’t offer the same product/service … [...]
WSDOT FAIL
The Washington Department of Transportation has developed a web site that is nothing short of spectacular, especially in a state that enjoys frequent unanticipated weather events that affect traffic. But it is only as good as the information provided to … [...]
Keyword cloud goofiness
They keyword PAULINE in my blog’s “Keyword Cloud” was much larger than any other keyword. I am not blogging about Pauline in any shape or form so this is rather bizarre. Upon closer examination I can only assume that I … [...]
Split post needed
That last lengthy post really reveals a painful short-coming of the Live Spaces blogging platform – no split-post feature. … [...]
Talking about Movie Maker beta – Windows Live
Windows Movie Maker is a great tool for patching together, cropping, adding transitions, etc. to come up with some very nice self-published movies. But the new Windows "Live" Movie Maker beta has stripped out all movie editing capability and left … [...]
What it took to get me off of Yahoo!
Those of you who know me well know that I’ve long been a Yahoo! fanboy. I’ve used the same Y! email addy since 1997. And, until recently, the ability to manage my 90% of my online existence using Y! properties … [...]