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New Cranky User pieces online! (2003/05/26)
Some readers may be aware that I have a regular column over at IBM developerWorks. What you may not know is that IBM’s exceptionally author-friendly policies mean I’m allowed to maintain local copies of articles, once they’ve been up for a month! So, for instance, I now have the first TWENTY SEVEN columns up. That’s right! TWENTY SEVEN of them. #28 is formatted, but they have exclusive rights for another week or so. #29 has been edited, and should be showing up around June 1st on the IBM site. [read more...]
There is hope. (2003/05/25)
So, when we were coming home from lunch, the car that pulled off the freeway in front of us was emitting smoke from the tailpipe, and stalled, and put on his hazard lights. So, we stopped to help out - lent him a cell phone, helped push his car over. [read more...]
Junk fax lawsuits (2003/05/25)
This StarTribune story is the first coverage I’ve seen on my own personal contribution to trying to get rid of junk faxes. [read more...]
Name My Blog! (2003/05/24)
I’m no good at names (just ask any of the players in my D&D games). So, I don’t know what to call my blog… So you guys can name it for me. Post comments. If I like a name proposal, I’ll change the site’s name to that. [read more...]
Poor kitty! (2003/05/24)
A friend of mine got a new kitten. [read more...]
Yay for software... (2003/05/24)
So, I decided to try movabletype. I mostly like it, except for the way it specifies sizes that don’t work with the huge fonts I love to use. See, I’m a sucker for high resolution displays - and thus, for huge fonts. So, most of the time, when I’m browsing the web, I don’t see ANY fonts under 18 points - I set that as a minimum font size in Mozilla. Unfortunately, MovableType seems to have specified a few things in pixels, so I’ll have to go fix those eventually. Eventually. For now, I’m just happy, not just to have a blog, but to have gotten my first comment! :) [read more...]
Two more pictures up on the store... (2003/05/24)
These are oldies, but I liked them a lot. Both are in the fantasy art section of the store. [read more...]
New art scans! (2003/05/23)
I’ve wanted these pictures scanned in for a long time; years, probably. I don’t even remember what year these pictures were done in, but these are the pictures my spouse did for our Christmas cards one year. [read more...]
What's that strange yellow thing in the east? (2003/05/23)
One of the wonders of being a freelance writer and consultant is that there’s almost never any reason to get up in the morning. I am one of those people who, allowed to drift freely, gets up around noon most days. Today, I had to get up a whole two hours early to begin the interminable wait for a delivery truck - which may or may not come in before noon anyway. [read more...]
Traditionally, one always starts a blog... (2003/05/22)
Traditionally, one always starts a blog by pointing to another blog. (If this isn’t a tradition already, it should be.) [read more...]