Epochal news. This Mac user (since 1984) gives up on running a proud ABM shop ("Anything but Microsoft").

I've been using NeoOffice (an implementation of OpenOffice) when clients sent MSWord docs, and when recruiters want that format for my resume (because they have robots that scan 'em for buzzwords).

However, my Mac is now running VMWare Fusion 4, ( Read more... )

I am at opening ceremonies at Minicon 46. At the Rad Sou-- I mean the Sheraton Bloomington (next year to be a Doubletree, they've just said). I will be hangin' in the Cities Mon thru Fri, and then at Demicon in Des Moines Apr 28 - May 1.

Very occasionally I post answers to online questions. I posted one on Adobe Illustrator several years ago (where the other answers weren't very good ( Read more... )

I will be at Minicon in Mpls (Apr 22 -24).

I will be at Demicon in Des Moines (Apr 29 - May 1).

I will be hanging out in the Twin Cities in between (Sun - Fri).

I have a piece in a small art show at a coffee shop in Portland, through the month of March. If you are in town, you're welcome to come to our "Meet the Artists" event on March 30 ( Read more... )

I needed to remember a street name, Alger.

I thought of Alger Hiss (alleged spy) and Horatio Alger (author of boy's books). Hmm, Horatio Hiss.

Now I picture a giant sea snake attacking the Royal Navy... but what is the street name, again?

If your work is in or around creation of (a) software products or (b) web sites, I have a question for you ( Read more... )

My friend M got a free pair of tickets for Monday evening, and offered me the spare. She asked me to decide quickly on Thursday, so she could offer it to others if I was not available ( Read more... )

We pay most things online now, but a checkbook is still an ocassional necessity. I want to re-order checks, and my credit union offers me the following (through "Liberty is Now Harland Clarke ( Read more... )

In my Web Search Optimization class, a student says, "We are #3 in organic search on our keyword. We added PayPerClick for a week and got 3 people signing up. We removed PayPerClick and got 1 person signing up in a week ( Read more... )