Sad
This is why I never wanted a driver’s license until I could purchase an electric car… http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/witness/2011/06/20116227153978324.html
Earthwise 20inch 24-volt 60120
Earthwise 20″ 24 volt 60120 Electric Lawn Mower made by American Lawn Mower Company I purchased this lawn mower at my local Ace Hardware for about $340 with tax. I bought the already assembled one without a box. When I bought it the manager said they would simply take another out of the box and [...]
I have decided to write reviews
As much as I enjoy writing about my own thoughts, from a pure perspective of commerce, I acknowledge that they aren’t going to draw a large audience up front. And without a large audience, who will be enticed by all of those pithy Ads from Google. (As fair warning, I am in the process of [...]
Irony of Ironies
I miss computer programs. The App has replaced traditional software to the point that I now want apps available only on my phone also to be usable on my PC. Ironic, isn’t it? Let’s look at some examples. WordPress for instance. This site is powered by WordPress. A site that I manage at work is [...]
I have a new pet peeve
Oh wait, I lied. It isn’t new. …So you know when someone says something that they think is true at the time but then turns out to be wrong or false? When the time changes or the information is shown to be wrong the first words I often hear are, ‘Sorry, I lied.’ Since when [...]
Helical
A person drifting. Not lost, just awash through life with no real base. Moving. Living a series of lifetimes here and there. The life of a nomad seems attractive; seems like life as if there was no other way to live. Until. Movement stops. Life halts. Stationary is. Where did the nomad go? What happened [...]
I am the cloud for my friends and family…wait, what?
If you understand the cloud you will get this post. I often find myself having to perform cloud-like services for my friends and family. They will make statements, ask questions, expect answers and much more but without providing the necessary computing power to really solve the problem. In these situations I serve as database providing [...]
You know. I mean. You know.
I can’t be alone in noticing this right? When did ‘you know’ and ‘I mean’ creep in to usurp ‘uhh’ and ‘umm’ in our spoken conversations? If Hamlet were alive today: You know, To be, or not to be: like that is the question: I mean, Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The [...]
metaphorically speaking
What is your favorite metaphor for the internet? world wide web the net cyberspace the web the internet online something else? I ask because I was thinking the other day about the millions (billions??) of websites out there just waiting to be discovered. Search engines give us a sort of road map around cyberspace, pointing [...]
Thanks
To those who helped me shovel underneath the suburban in a few snow filled intersections around Chicago, THANKS!
On this snowy day in Chicago when north Africa is in turmoil
I can’t help but wonder whether or not the first human being to set foot on Mars will be American or Chinese. Thinking about the state of the American manned space program and the incremental approach that China has taken I have a strange premonition that they’ve decided to go for that target as a [...]
Do you book face?
And if so how much and why? I ask because I am in the minority it seems when it comes to the efficacy of facebook. There seems to be a strong push at the school where I work to create a facebook page. Three years ago there wasn’t even a usable website for the church [...]
I miss the night
There is nothing like the power of a deep dark night to bring life into perspective. As much as I enjoy a beautiful, sunny day I relish the dark tranquility of the deep night. While a student at Oregon State University I was able to walk a short distance from Finley Hall (my one and [...]
Discovery
In the face of the unknown is it human nature to try and conjure up the great knower, i.e. some one entity that knows everything that we don’t? Does our own fallibility guarantee that we will place the all knowing mantle on someone else since we can’t seem to have it ourselves?
What I really want from Google
So everyone knows who Google is. I even one a single share of their stock. They are constantly updating and adding knew products and ways to use their platform. But the thing I really want from them seems to be lacking. When I go to google.com (which I do for 99.99% of everything I search [...]
I’m such a contradiction
I’ve been thinking about this for awhile and just haven’t had time to commit anything to ‘paper’ yet. The title of this web space is in Latin and I think fitting; however, when Latin is used at Mass I cringe and rebel. An obvious first question is why the dichotomy? Why does it feel right [...]
Rest in Peace Stephanie
My friend Stephanie died today. She’s the 3rd friend/relative to die in the last year and 2 months. I knew her for less than 3 years but we shared a passion for the Cubs. Part of me wants to say more but really there isn’t anything much else. My prayer is that she is no [...]
loving the web
My wife will criticize me for saying so, but I love the internet. Okay, maybe I don’t love it in the sense that I love my wife and daughters, but I like to a great extent. And why? Simply put, visit the ‘Stuff I Like’ page and that’s why I’m so enamored with the web. [...]
For the Kids
So I realized that the last post may have come across as a little bit selfish. As I reflect on it, it is entirely selfish and nothing more. And in truth, that is almost all I am. But not quite. So who am I really? Deep down I am a completely selfish person but my [...]