Posted in Other geekery on 30 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, not actually quoted, and definitely not cited, but in a recent PC Magazine column titled “The Fragility of Social Networking,” Dvorak uses a post I sent to him via Twitter as the basis for his entire argument.
I just joined Twitter (add me at http://www.twitter.com/therealdvorak) and was reminded of its fragility when I posted [...]
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Posted in Geocaching on 25 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
While visiting family in Lancaster, OH last week I took the opportunity to hunt another Ohio cache. I’d had good luck with the previous hunts in Ohio. Unfortunately my luck would change and my streak of DNFs (Did Not Find) this season continues.
The cache was (supposedly) located in Rising Park, a beautiful spot with a [...]
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Posted in Other geekery on 20 May 2008 | 4 Comments »
My old pal Spike Nesmith invited me to join him on his podcast, The Rage Machine, this week and I jumped at the chance.
Well, it wasn’t actually a jump. It was more like a slow shuffle. I’ve had a standing invitation from him for two years now, but I’d been too lazy and [...]
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Posted in Other geekery on 16 May 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been a Sirius Satellite Radio subscriber for about four years now. I initially jumped on the sat. radio bandwagon because 1) I’m a geek, and geeks love new tech toys, and 2) I despised terrestrial radio. Actually it was something like 20% of the former and 80% of the latter.
Terrestrial radio, especially in [...]
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Posted in Life on 14 May 2008 | 5 Comments »
The votes have been counted and the WV primary turned out as most predicted — a landslide victory for Hillary. Everyone know Clinton would win WV, but even I admit to being disappointed by her margin of victory – 67% to 23%.
More puzzling to me is why the MSM is making such a big deal [...]
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Posted in Life on 6 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, spring. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and my radio and television are filled with campaign advertisements that are base enough to insult the intelligence of a Larry The Cable Guy fan.
Running for office? Guess what.
I don’t care if you once played football for the Mountaineers.
I don’t care if you were [...]
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