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31 posts in 31 days
Well, I’ve made it to the end of the Blogathon, writing a new post every day for the month of May.
Though, part of me does wonder just how much of a victory it really is. I mean, I’ve worked for daily newspapers, writing constantly isn’t particularly new.
On the other hand, this time around, [...]
Blogging from prison
Almost two weeks ago, Canadian marijuana activist as well as editor and publisher of Cannabis Culture Marc Emery was extradited to the U.S. to face jail time for selling marijuana seeds to U.S. residents.
However, that hasn’t stopped him from updated his blog.
Leaves me to think I should stop complaining about trying to keep my [...]
Weekend Reading 29/05
So Wired magazine has an iPad app, but not everyone is impressed. Interfacelab asks Is This Really the Future of Magazines?
And on the topic of Wired, the current issue has a fascinating article about biobanks and the sad state they are in.
Then The Onion takes on Facebook privacy.
Why I didn’t buy an iPad today
So, after a slight delay, the great Apple tablet launched in Canada today.
Now, I could go off on a rant about openness, Apple’s App Store policies, Adobe Flash and all that stuff but I might as well just come out and tell the truth.
I’m broke!
As for anything else I can say on [...]
Another app I like: DropBox
So, here’s another application that has become a must have for me: DropBox.
It creates a DropBox directory and putting files will automatically upload them to a remote server.
Now, there are more than enough online services that do this – what makes DropBox so special?
If you install it on another computer and enter [...]
Thinklinkr: an online outliner
Ah, outliners. The poor forgotten class of software.
At one point in time, there were programs like Ecco Pro and Symantec GrandView that allowed you to organize ideas (or articles) in a hierarchy, expanding and collapsing piece of text and moving them around until they made sense.
These days (at least on Windows) you’ve got [...]
Google Pac-Man costs the world more than $120 billion
Last week, Google celebrated the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man by making the game playable from the main search page.
Well, time management software maker RescueTime crunched the numbers.
According to the company’s calculations, users spent a combined 4,819,352 hours on Google’s search page on May 23rd.
Now, assuming the average Google user’s time worth $25/h, [...]
My Blog Haiku
Writing syllables
Nothing to do but write post
Since LOST is over
A letter to the University Alumni Office
Ah, Craigslist rants and raves.
While it is frequently a great window into human stupidity, there are some true gems in there that end up in the “Best Of” section.
Today I’d like to highlight a rant in February written by someone whose been unemployed for the past two years in response to his Alma [...]
Weekend Reading 05/22
Maureen Tkacik has an incredible piece examining modern journalism and “personal branding” in the Columbia Review of Journalism.
Quinn Norton looks back at 1980s software piracy scene
And The Onion brings us news a new social networking app that…ah, forget it.
