So I’m trying to get going with AdSense, but I’m circling the drain with this pair of messages. If I try to get started with AdSense, it says: Step 1: Select your Google Account You are currently signed into the Google Account <my Google account>, which is already in use with AdSense. We only support […]
The ongoing conversation
Month: November 2012
Up Front on Kickstarter, and Now Here’s the Weather
In awesome news, there’s a Kickstarter for the classic Avalon Hill squad leader card game Up Front. Go check it out! In and amongst many other additions and improvements, I believe the new version will include several of my own scenarios from my previous website as well as some weather rules, which may or may not reflect […]
’Tis the Season to Stop Digging!
I like credit unions, I really do. I’m a customer of both banks and credit unions, and my credit union handles more of my money than my bank does. But: My credit union, and perhaps many credit unions, have offered me an “opportunity” this holiday: I can skip my next loan payment, either December or […]
Jawa Riddles
A Jawa costume at Star Wars Celebration IV, 2007. Photo by Scott Ruether / Star Wars (CC BY 2.0). Played some Jawa riddle games with the boys last month. I’ve already shared the results on Facebook, but another fried made a different “Utinni” joke this week, and that reminded me to share it here. If […]
The Basics: How to Score
This weekend I was over-scheduled, and I came out of it wondering how I had managed to avoid posting another entry for the whole weekend. But at least that wonderment lead to this reminder: Whether you’re managing your time, your money, or your calories, the basics come down to: Become conscious and intentional about your […]
Spikes, Slopes, and SQL
So you have data you’re tracking every day. Maybe a lot of data. Maybe tracking it a lot of ways. You might even have graphs of the data over time, so that you can spot trends and anomalies. And then you find that you’ve got too many graphs… It’s time to let the data tell […]
You Might Have Friends Who Vote Differently Than You Do
I had two complementary meme images cross my Facebook wall this weekend: Reflecting the tone of this campaign (and the several leading up to it), they spend their energy talking about what they are not, attempting to counter the stereotypes that make modern political discourse so popular and useless. I hope you have friends from […]