Monday December 17, 2007

....And we're back! I finally got some room to setup my server again. It's old and it's crappy, but it runs, for the time being. Service may be spotty, just to warn you. ( Dec 17 2007, 09:55:20 PM ) News Permalink [Trackback]

Saturday March 18, 2006

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2nd Annual "Empty Post Day" Except, of course, that this isn't empty. The next one will be!
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Sunday July 24, 2005

going dark for a while

FYI: We sold our home, but haven't lined up a new home to buy yet. So we'll be moving into some temporary housing, and I don't know if I'll be able to re-establish Brainopolis any time soon. ( Jul 24 2005, 09:00:48 PM ) Personal Permalink [Trackback]

Thursday July 14, 2005

Traffic Cone Mating Season

This gave me a giggle:

...This may explain why there are so many of the damn things all over London.[plasticbag.org]

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Wednesday June 15, 2005

Re: Squirrel Liquor Decanter

I like squirrels, honest. They are cute little mammals with bushy tails and twitchy whiskers, what's not to like?

I still thought the Squirrel Liquor Decanter was too funny for words.
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Monday June 13, 2005

Re: Featuritis vs. the Happy User Peak

* Software that keeps adding feature upon feature until the simple things you used to do are no longer simple, and the whole thing feels overwhelming.[Featuritis vs. the Happy User Peak]

I'm afraid that is where Roller (and others?) are going. Past the point where it fulfills its primary function, but not to the point where people have stopped screaming for this or that.
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Monday June 06, 2005

Pessimist vs. Optimist

Last night Kare 11 (local NBC affiliate) ran a fluff piece at the end of the 10-o'clock news about two people getting married atop Mt. Everest. Afterwards the sports guy said "It's all downhill from here", to which the weather gal said "but today they're on top of the world".

Sad humor, I know. But one of the reasons I watch that particular channel for the news is due to the personal relationships between the people. They really seem to like each other. One of the other channels tried to emulate this friendly cuddly atmosphere, and it was just sickening, they all looked like they were brown-nosing the senior anchor.

Anyway, the little banter 'tween Sports Guy and Weather Gal put the whole pessimist vs. optimist idea into my head; glass half-empty vs. glass half-full. The next thing I thought was "My glass was half-full until somebody drank the rest of it!"

Okay, my wife didn't think it was funny either.
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