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Want to make sure you post something to your blog every day? Simply change your browser's home page to the blog. In no time at all you will want to change that post, update the links, do something to make it a little less boring. I have been way too busy to post things but here's an update. I spent this weekend futzing with and learning MT.

Continue reading Ugh - No Entries »

Posted by on August 4, 2005 4:06 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

A lot has been written about the sudden torrent of spam blogs (splogs), I think the problem is not nearly so bad as some people make it out to be. First off any free hosting service is going to serve as a vector for this sort of content. Everyone seems to blame Google and Blogspot which hardly seems appropriate. Everyone also apparently has a very short memory. This is has been a problem before and was solved before.

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Posted by on October 19, 2005 12:44 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

In this post Bob Parson's goes on interminably about what a horrible practice "domain kiting" (Bob's term, not mine) is. While I agree the practice as described might be annoying, it's not the end of the world, nor are these domains "out of the public's hands."

Continue reading Bob Parsons - Stop Whining »

Posted by on June 9, 2006 6:16 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

This weekend I happened to catch the HBO documentary, Mr. Conservative. To tell you the truth I didn't know much about Barry Goldwater other than the typical way he is lauded for launching the modern conservative movement with his failed presidential run in 1964.

Continue reading We are all Goldwater Democrats Now »

Posted by on October 2, 2006 10:00 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

Brian (11:59 AM) :
We should start raiding the Restless Isles chests
dameron (11:59 AM) :
we should do ghola fan with the drow babies
dameron (12:00 PM) :
i have an idea that we might just waltz through it, tener, darlaa ecole and tahan
Brian (12:01 PM) :
Ok - I need you to begin beta testing earlymiser.com
Brian (12:01 PM) :
http://earlymiser.blogspot.com/
dameron (12:01 PM) :

Continue reading BSG, DDO, Backups, Earlymiser - Talking with Dameron »

Posted by on October 18, 2006 1:07 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

On this blog I have mostly devoted myself to Thalasar web projects than I do talking about politics. However I was struck by a recent article in The Atlantic on withdrawl from Iraq.

Continue reading Iraq - A True Hobbesian State »

Posted by on October 23, 2006 11:32 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

I have been watching the right side of the blogosphere with a great deal of amusement and not a little bit of anger over the ad Michael J. Fox has done for Claire McCaskill in Missouri. Part of the problem is that most Americans have NO idea how basic science and scientific research is done. As a result we see people consistently parade around the idea, "that if embroynic stem cell have any value, private industry would be working with them."

Continue reading Michael J. Fox, Stem Cells and Science »

Posted by on October 24, 2006 10:04 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

The impending demise of Tower Records - the deep catalog retailer in the record industry has gotten me thinking about what role record labels themselves will play in the iTunes direct to consumer download world. Many people are predicting the death of the record label in the iTunes world. However such predictions (like the predictions of the digital jukebox in the sky with every song made. There's a reason that thing is in the sky. It's right next to the pie.)

Continue reading Fate of Record Labels »

Posted by on December 17, 2006 8:11 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

PS3

Posted by on December 22, 2006 2:43 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

I have recently been reviewing caregivers in Southern New Jersey. (Why is another post entirely). This can be difficult process for most people. Typically people are looking for a care givers for their parents who might not be as mobile as they once were. This makes the selection process even more difficult. No one likes to see their parents age, yet time is the one sure thing for all of us.

Continue reading Family Choice Home Care »

Posted by on January 2, 2007 5:15 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

over that at Media Punk about the gaming industry and how it doesn't make games for adult gamers.

Continue reading Great Post »

Posted by on January 9, 2007 12:56 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

I am not a small guy. In fact while I am not fat, I am pretty big. I played football one year as a lineman in Division III so I am still pretty big. Another problem I have is that I like loose clothing.

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Posted by on January 25, 2007 12:47 PM in Musings | Comments (0)

When I left Pasadena I made a conscious choice to adapt a "slower" lifestyle. Why? Because I sensed that all that sound and fury signified nothing. Now after nearly two years here I can safely say it was the right choice.

Continue reading Why I don't use a Blackberry. Or a cell phone. »

Posted by on February 1, 2007 9:30 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

What can I say. I am an idiot. A total fool sometimes. I haven't talked too much about Best Buys Zone or Best Buys Zone UK lately but they were the sites that gave me the initial idea for Early Miser - compare everywhere at once. Best Buys Zone was a project a built a few years ago with the help of a top notch Russian programmer. It pioneered or rather completely invented the category of shopping by RSS.

Continue reading I owe Jeff Barr a BIG apology! »

Posted by on February 9, 2007 10:23 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

Since moving to New Mexico I really enjoyed the country life. I grew up in Indiana on a small hobby farm (7.5 acres) so I really enjoyed the return to country life. My wife who has always lived in cities in California has really enjoyed the move. There are times of course when we miss the various amenities of city life - like really nice sushi restaurants. Yesterday was one of those times.

Continue reading Living in New Mexico »

Posted by on February 16, 2007 11:49 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

A ton of people are blogging about poor Anna Nichole Smith and the MSM is reporting about it. One of the things that has irritated me about much of the commentary is how Anna Nichole married Texas oil billionaire J.Howard Marshall - here's the Wikipedia entry

Continue reading Anna Nichole Smith »

Posted by on February 20, 2007 11:32 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

As you can see I have added icons to various social bookmarking services at the bottom of posts. I think they are kinda cute and they replaced my text based links which I had previously. After making the change (and writing an MT plugin to do it - I should have checked the plugin directory BTW. There's a plugin that already does it!) I began wondering if it made sense to do this?

Continue reading Icons VS Text Links VS Nothing? »

Posted by on March 14, 2007 10:41 PM in Musings | Comments (2)

I got an email from Broc over at Existential Adventures about his first giveaway

Continue reading Mybloglog.com and Existential Adventures »

Posted by on March 18, 2007 10:59 AM in Musings | Comments (2)

Well sometimes an idea for book is all that you need. Writing your own book is a time consuming process. More importantly you might not have the writing chops to make it fly. That's where a quality ghostwriter comes in!

Continue reading Got an idea for book? »

Posted by on March 29, 2007 8:21 AM in Musings | Comments (0)

One of the first projects I did when I moved to New Mexico was the Centerforaddiction.org which was a directory of drug rehab & treatment facilities in the United States. I built that site because a former girlfriend struggled with cocaine addiction. In building that site I have taken a look at hundreds of drug treatment facilities' programs and websites.

Continue reading Drug Rehabilitation Center »

Posted by on April 16, 2007 9:35 AM in | Comments (8)