The ongoing conversation
Work, technology, games, books, and the things that catch my attention.
I’m decidedly “meh” on The Hobbit (which I saw last night). I enjoyed the first third or so and liked some of the changes, but the battle set-pieces did not engage me, and I was just waiting for the end from about the troll scene on. I might even skip the next two in the […]
I always knew I’d end up blogging about grammar and style here. I wasn’t planning to get there right away, but one of my favorite sites, Lifehacker.com, just ran an article titled “The Most Common Grammar Gaffes Writers Make (and How To Avoid Them)â€?. Now, in the fine tradition of such lists everywhere, they broke […]
Sunday Meme Day again: Have you ever: Q: Kissed someone on your friends list? Five or six of them… Q: Been arrested? No Q: Do you like someone? You kids get offa my lawn! Q: Held a snake? Yes Q: Been suspended from school? No Q: Sung karaoke? Yes Q: Done something you told yourself […]
That is, you can hear me shout “Pukingâ€? and say other words and phrases coined by the Bard if you go the the multimedia exhibition “Meme: Culture in Transmissionâ€?, guest curated by Susan Byrnes. The exhibition is in the Herndon Gallery in South Hall at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Back in October, Chris […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 you don’t remember “utinni” from the Star Wars movies, watch the YouTube clip a couple of times first—the riddle […]
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 […]
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 […]