Further blog overhaul musings.

A potential name, since all good Real Blogs have names: Ideas Under Construction

And some terminology/categorization:

Article: A short statement of belief or manifesto or somesuch on a given topic that is intended to be a work in progress for a long time. Relies heavily on revisions. A given revision may be ( Read more... )

For a long time, I've wanted to really get into blogging. I'm into lots of different things -- computers, politics, philosophy, science, religion, lolcats -- and in the course of those interests, I come across some very interesting things. Often, I feel compelled to share what I find with others ( Read more... )

This happened the Friday after I got back to Boston from my Thanksgiving trip to visit family and friends ( Read more... )

It's been about a week and a half now since I picked up the T-Mobile G1: the first Android phone. I was very close to going OpenMoko, but that technology isn't mature enough yet (in a couple years, though...), and briefly flirted with the idea of a Blackberry from Verizon (that was a bad idea... I'm still trying to convince Verizon that I gave the ( Read more... )

As soon as I moved here, I gave the local gym (Bally) a try but found it was too cost-ineffective for my tastes. For people who like stationary bike-riding classes and need personal trainers, I think it would be a better deal. But I just went there to lift weights. I canceled my membership recently, partially because I have a replacement work- ( Read more... )

Boston actually kind of skipped fall this year. It went from being shorts weather to being coat weather over a couple of days. The leaves seem to be kind of just hanging around eyeing each other nervously to see when to make a break for it ( Read more... )

Job hunting, by its very nature, is discouraging. Unless you have an offer in hand, you have to go sift through possible employers and offer to prostitute yourself out to them. Oftentimes, the job isn't an optimal fit for you, but you have to go for it anyway, because, hey--sometimes, work is work. Boston may not be Detroit, but the economy isn' ( Read more... )

Surprisingly addictive:
http://www.tony-b.org/

Apparently, British photographer Steve Schofield recently did a series on geeks, people dressed up in costume, mostly Star Wars and Star Trek fans. Some of them are awesome and funny (like the stormtroopers in the mall/convention center or wookiee cooking lunch), some of them are slick and artsy (like the jedi looking out his window or the ( Read more... )

Near my house, there is a very funny sign that I walk by occasionally:


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