Laura Being Dumb is… well, it’s kind of sad, actually, in that self-deluding American Idol tryout sort of way. I think it’s very revealing of the kind of illusions most of the people live by in this country. I mean, what the hell were these people thinking? That they were anything but embarrassing? Can you…
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Heating With Wood
Oil may be past its peak, but wood will ever be a renewable and environmentally responsible source of heat for non-metropolitan areas. Newer stoves burn more efficiently by using a catalytic converter to lower the temperature of wood smoke to the point where it becomes combustible, burning twice as it’s recirculated in the stove. As…
Found An Old Friend
Opus! It’s been years! How are ya, good buddy? Man, did this bring a smile to my face!
Six Apart’s Project Comet: Finally, Private Blogging for Families
Take blogging, mix with flickr-ish type features, and you get Six Apart’s new offering, Project Comet. What explains it best isn’t their main Comet page, but this blog post from Mena, of Six Apart, recalling how her own mother demonstrated the product, because it drove home that mothers and families have unique blogging needs. Like,…
How Do You Draw the Line Between the Personal and the Private in Your Blog?
From the Naked Conversations Blog: Some things should remain private, but that does not prevent you from getting closer and more personal with your readers than the marketing and legal departments traditionally have. The idea is to show the world that you are a real person, with real fallibilities and passion about the topics you…
Microsoft Pays Attention to the Attention Economy
I subscribe to Jon Udell’s feed from his blog, and he recently interviewed Bill Gates. While there was much in it that was interesting, one thing Gates said in particular caught my eye: Ultimately the whole problem of notification, of what is it should I be paying attention to next? Is it the e-mail that…
Mojo: Rest In Peace
I always thought that if reincarnation were real, one the best ways by far to come back would be as a housecat and take a turn living the easy life. Somebody must’ve been really good in a past life to come back as my cat. About twelve years ago, soon after I first got together…
Successful completion of EatMoreKale.com WordPress site with ecommerce
It’s been an intense few weeks. Bo and I have been emailing back-and-forth many times a day as I finesse the design according to his needs. But now, all is ready. Last night Last week I cutover the new site and replaced the old one. Ladies and gentlemen: I present Eat More Kale, Vermont’s One-At-A-Time…
The Internet is Mutating the Book Publishing Genome
In Self Publish or Perish, Tom Evslin discusses how he plans to write a novel by first blogging it, then releasing it as an ebook, and lastly publishing it as a traditional book. Science fiction author Cory Doctorow simultaneously releases his novels in print and online under the Creative Commons license. Charles Stross, also a…
A Shot Across The Bow of MS Office
And no, it’s not OpenOffice (although OO is cool). It’s Writely, an ajaxed web-based word processor, created by people who appear to have learned all the right lessons. Big fat clue number one: A comment box right on the homepage! It has this caption: “If this isn’t what you’re looking for, can you please take…
