I wrote a post over a year ago detailing my nightmare experience with GISOL, a supposed web hosting company whose performance was missing in action and whose promises were stuffed so full of lies they were busting at the seams. I encourage you to read about what I had to say, but more than that, [...]
» Go to this postI’ve always had a soft spot for British comedy. It’s hard to pinpoint why, but there it is. My favorites are Benny Hill, Monty Python and Mr. Bean. I’ve recently discovered Harry Enfield’s work, and I love his black and white mockumentaries (but only those, not his color work).
Here’s Benny Hill, in “The life of [...]
As I was about to walk into work at the start of May, I saw a little bird on the ground, trying to walk but unable to do so. The poor thing was convulsing, and its head kept rotating wildly. Two other birds were nearby, a blue thrush, and an orange-chested robin. At first I [...]
» Go to this postMeta work can be a lot of fun, and also a little different. I took a recent photo of mine (from January), set it as my desktop background, positioned my mouse, then focused in for a macro shot. I really like how the honeycomb texture of my laptop’s LCD monitor came out. The juxtaposition of [...]
» Go to this postThe olm is a cave salamander completely adapted to the dark environment where it lives. It has no eyes, and is completely without pigmentation. Early discoverers thought olms were baby dragons. These salamanders live in a group of caves in the Balkan mountains.
Do you know what animal has the strongest punch in the world? Look [...]
» Go to this postI’ve been on hold with Microsoft for the past 1:40 minutes, and I’m going nuts. I think it’s an intended effect. They want to completely pound our brains into mush by the time we speak with tech reps. Either that, or the people who planned their hold music and hold messages are complete ninnies who’ve [...]
» Go to this postSometimes, I wake up and skies like this one greet me. How can I pass on taking a photo when I’m faced with such beauty? I cannot, will not, must not.
» Go to this postThese days it’s really easy to be a content creator. The tools are all there, whether you want to focus on words, images, audio or video. Self-publishing has really taken off, and the line between content creators and content consumers is starting to get very blurred — if it’s even there at all.
But as it [...]
Quick note: for those of you already using Zooomr, this may be old news, so skip to the ending paragraphs. I thought a recap of what’s been going on with the site since my last post will help everyone else figure out where Zooomr stands.
Updated 10/29/2007: I’ve revised my opinion of Zooomr since I wrote [...]
I got home one afternoon just as a summer storm was about to break the heavens open. I had a choice: do some consulting work, or set up my camera and get some photos. The camera won.
Got all sorts of great photos of the clouds wrestling with each other during the prelude to the wet [...]
Tried Red Bull today for the first time. Tasted like imitation Mountain Dew mixed with liquid soap. I might have forgiven that if it actually had any effect on me, but the only thing that happened is that I had this overwhelming need to use the bathroom… Why in the world people drink this nasty [...]
» Go to this postFair warning: if you’re squeamish, you may want to skip this post. This is a follow-up to my write-up about other disgusting things people do.
On the way to work this morning, I pulled out to exit the highway. I always monitor the other cars around when I do that, because it’s the safe thing to [...]
