July 2008
7 posts
The eternal question
I sit right outside my boss Kathy's office. What follows is a notable case of a typical day:
Coworker: Is she around?
Me: [glancing in her empty office] No?
Coworker: Well, I know she's not there.... I just meant, around the office.
Me: [in my dream world] So what was the question?
Me: [in reality] Oh, well, I don't know.
Can everyone just stop asking now?
Tumblr, I'm looking at you
Your days are numbered. I visited a gracious host this evening who said I could have some space in his house for the cost of a cup of coffee per month. He said I could set up shop the way I want to but actually make it look good and even have some available practice space in case I want to play with snakes.
So it’s been fun and while I’m not exactly on the rebound, I’m looking...
“Your password may be any combination of 6 to 10 letters and numbers.
* It...”
– Nelnet Student Loans
“Let’s make your passwords weaker!”
5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G - Free Software...
http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/5-reasons-to-avoid-iphone-3g
I can agree as far as “DRM sucks” and “free software in the AppStore would be better”, but as I read, one word came to mind (a word I have never used): “freetards”.
(Also, it’s really only 4 reasons.)
A true Renaissance man
Deanna’s dad wrote a nice article about the birchbark canoe he built 20 years ago. It’s currently in The Iowa Paddler.
Click below for a PDF of the issue; his article is on page 8.
“I have as many problems with Word as I do with OpenOffice, but at least...”
– kontrawize
My experience with OpenOffice has been disappointing (I still have to claim that Microsoft Office is better), but yeah, it’s not a matter of OpenOffice having more problems, just different ones.