While perusing the latest Political Animal posts, I ran across in which Kevin suggests that online reading might be bad for off-line reading. It’s not just that I spend less time reading books, it’s that I find my mind wandering when I do read. After a few paragraphs, or maybe a page or two, I’ll … Online Reading Destroys Brain Cells?
In addition to moving from Movable Type to WordPress, I’ve redesigned the site (yet again). The current design is heavily inspired by Derek Powazek’s Web site which features the majority of all navigation at the bottom of the page. I’m going to try this layout for a while to see how it works for me. … Notes on Site Design
We’re now running WordPress version 2.0 Beta 2. I know better than to run a public Web site on Beta software, but things seem pretty stable. However, if you run into any links that don’t work or other strange behaviours, I’d really like to know.
The first thing I did this morning is put on my slippers. No. Really. Slippers. Soon I’ll be losing my memory and calling everyone “Young man” or “Young lady”…
I repainted the Bean’s room over the weekend. The new yellow is much more mild — almost an antique white with a yellow cast to it. Anything is better than the fluorescent yellow-green we picked the first time. Of course, now I’m a paintin’ fool. I’ve a quart of a nice blue that I want … Not So Yellow Anymore
It’s 34° outside. We just got back from the ice cream shop. Anna bundled up like an Eskimo. I even put on gloves.
There’s recently been a lot of hoopla surrounding the $100 laptop initiative from the gang over at MIT’s MediaLab. While I think it’s really great that peole have been thinking about how to reach out to developing countries and foster education, I think laptops are completely the wrong route. Sid Steward, in his blog at … Hundred Dollar Laptop
Someone snuck into our apartment and painted the Bean’s room yellow. No, make that YELLOW. About 15 years from now, we’ll probably be paying the resultant therapy bills. I have to finish painting tomorrow…
Anna and I were joking around about how we won’t have the house to ourselves again for another 18 to 21 years. I lamented the fact that I’ll be old and grey before we have the house to ourselves again. Anna quickly asked, “How will we know if you’re grey?” That’s the smart-ass mother of … Old and Grey
The other day, Anna pointed out that my favourite radio station, KPLU, now has a audio stream that is compatible with iTunes. I remember complaining about this the last time I donated to KPLU, back in 2001 or so. And I’m really, really glad they’ve decided to support iTunes. Now this makes it imperative that … A Link to the Past
