Tag Archives: 'google'
Holding Numbers
This is probably the biggest reason I’m not in line for an iPhone (besides the minimum monthly bill): I simply do not use my cellphone enough. I often leave it home, uncharged and unplugged. When I do remember to bring it to work, I often forget it on my desk before heading home. I have [...]
On Why I Left Facebook
I’ve probably hinted at why I’ve left Facebook, at some point or another, but to needlessly go in length on such an inane and insubstantial topic, just because I can, here goes (and what better forum than a grade-a blog)… Simply, it is a waste of time. I was having drinks with a land developer [...]
Share
One more thought on Twitter before I am shown the exit… If it helps people communicate, god bless. And I mean that for all sorts of web services that are widely available to everyone and anyone. The Facebook photo application is horrible. The best photo sharing service is clearly Flickr (and for most users, the [...]
iPhone Daze
The iPhone is a toy. I do not say that in complete disregard to its status or its potential as a platform. The iPhone is a platform, just as the laptop computer, BlackBerry and Wii are platforms. In fact, it may even be the future of Apple and possibly the entire computing world. Who knows? [...]
Voice, finally.
Maybe I’ll finally actually get some use out of the service… Image: Google Voice
Heavenly Google
Oh, how I try to hate Google; but then the giant does something so terrific, so out-of-the-ordinary,so unexpected, that you just have to give them props. Google Maps now includes ski lifts and trails… Image: Google
Dot-Me
Inspired by a heated discussion at work today — on the topic of Jason Kendall, no less, the worst player in Oakland A’s history; I think I won that debate — I am thinking of starting a baseball-themed website. Unfortunately, every domain known to man has been squatted, so I was left with either thenineteenthbestbaseballwebsite-dot-com [...]
Superbas
Take that, Wikipedia… Image: Google
Email
I’ve been thinking about email a lot lately (I almost wrote “alot;” that would have been a disaster). What it means to me, how I interact with it, how does it fit in my future plans, what is next for this medium. In fact, I’ve been thinking about email too much. I’ve had a lot [...]
Google 2001
For a limited time, Google is allowing people to search their oldest archive — from 2001 — and wouldn’t you know it: ReyCorp exists (well, in theory, at least)… Image: Google I am not sure if I should be proud of this, but I sort-of am. (Please note that the second search result does not [...]
Laura Bush Killed A Guy
Thank you, Family Guy… Image: Google This is for those who caught this past Sunday’s episode (which you can conveniently watch on Hulu*). * Hulu, by the way, is the best piece of evidence proving Michael Arrington’s (aka, TechCrunch) idiocy and insignificance.
Loose Ends
I’ve taken on the task of cutting some loose ends of myself around the web. Over the years, I have sampled a lot of services, most of them junk. Plenty of them were not worth re-visiting, and despite a username/password, there is nothing really there. Elsewhere, however, I have personal information of photos or videos [...]
Fixing the Airlines
I wrote this post during my flight, including the a-hrefs. As I sit in seat 19D — aisle, thank you — on my Continental flight to New Orleans, I have realized something: the airlines are not capitalizing on all of the space available for advertisements. In other words, if Google ran an airline (I am [...]
GMail
GMail was down for roughly an hour yesterday — which is like forever in internet speed and time. Google, the super-evil company that runs the service, eventually apologized. But that did give me an excuse to play off the ordeal with my Facebook status… Jeffrey needs to learn to cope without gmail. Jeffrey is learning [...]
Blogger No More (Officially)
As readers have already been informed, I switched over from Blogger to WordPress a few months ago, and although I still have the template to work on (trust me, it’s coming), I have been able to straighten out most of the stuff behind the scenes. I have built* myself a series of hefty .htaccess documents [...]
Currently Reading
I’ve finished The Fourth Bear, a truly interesting book. My wife picked it up and read a couple pages while waiting for me, and she continues to give me strange looks as a result. It is purely fantastical, which was welcome during this heated election season, but it was more of a children’s book than [...]
Mailbag: The Sixth Sense Of Politics
What I like most about my readers is the support I receive from them. I float a lot of opinions, many of them somewhat controversial, but through thick and thin, there are my faithful readers, behind me the entire way… see your still undecided huh???? being a buffalo underdog guy…..i’m expecting your gonna see the [...]
Earth Redefined
It is somewhat unsettling that the first two results for a Google search of earth are links to download Google Earth, and the third is the Wikipedia entry for our endangered planet. Where has all the meaning gone in the wonderful digital information age? I should note, however, that I googled earth so I could [...]
In the News
The Friday edition. – I usually don’t have respect for murderers, besides OJ Simpson (he is just so lovable in those Naked Gun films), but one has to respect the audacity of Scott Peterson’s request to collect on his wife’s life insurance policy. I really need to go to law school to take advantage of [...]
In the News
It has been awhile. And my ass hurts. – The greatest republican president (no, Lincoln doesn’t count) on presidential aspirant Fred Thompson: “He’s dumb as hell.” I hope they cryogenically froze Nixon, just like Disney. – Hillary’s everyone-gets-a-401k-plan idea is good, but her baby bond idea was even better. – The Bush administration’s decision to [...]
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