I spend a lot of time staying connected via email, feeds, Twitter, etc. but that time spent pales in comparison to the shocking amount of time I spend per day online playing with various tools and web goodies. Here are a few that wasted my time today. Ah, well technically, I wasted my time. The […]
A cautionary note? Already?? Yes, friends, it’s true. Realizing that I should provide easy access to my BEDA posts, I will beginning tagging all relevant posts ‘BEDA2009.’ Then I realized that my current WordPress Theme doesn’t display tags and categories on posts. Boo! So, please use the BEDA2009 tag link to find all things BEDA. […]
Today marks the beginning of BEDA, Blog Every Day April, spearheaded by YA author Maureen Johnson (#BEDA for those following along on Twitter). I’m join in, seeing as I’ve been terrible about blogging consistently. Can’t promise where my post will appear (I’m primary author on two blogs and an admin on three others), but I […]
Had a relaxing time in Saint Louis this past weekend. As it turns out, it’s a shorter drive to St. Louis (4 hours) than it is to Chicago. Note. To. Self. Cindy and Bryan very graciously relinquished their weekend to play host and tour guide. We decided to do the uber-touristy thing and ride up […]
Batman and Superman have HAD IT with moody vampires and horny werewolves. Written by Kevin Van Hook and illustrated by Tom Mandrake, the collected six-part miniseries by DC Comics can be found in-stores on July 29th. Analysis: superheroes and lame creatures are out of the picture and this can only mean one thing. Zombies, this […]
During lunch, I read a baffling headline in today’s print edition of the Indiana Daily Student. The story appears online with an altered headline but here is what I saw: “Students to march in protest: event proclaims dismay with troops in Iraq” The ugly sentence construction misleads readers. My initial interpretation of this headline was […]
Testing WordPress for iPhone app. I can post to multiple blogs either on or offline with my iTouch (Pan). There doesn’t appear to be a way to include hyperlinked text, so I’ll write out the HTML here. Ah, the app saw that I was inputting a link and gave me a helper. It appears that […]
I have finally joined the Facebook Empire under my gmail address, should you wish to look me up.
“Sweet Bulgarity” from Lament for the 21st Century by Brendan Power accompanied by Lucy Randall. Find more information about Brendan Power here and here.Find more information about Lucy Randall here and here. Runner-up video by the same here. An interesting twist on a couple of traditional Irish tunes.
You may have read somewhere (on Twitter or maybe I blogged about it?) that Howl, my beloved iPod, died. Tim lent me his for the time being and, knowing my birthday was coming up, suggested that I opt for a Nano or an iPod Touch. I was taken with the Touch: wifi web browsability, mail […]
Playing in Puddles