Someone told me that the average time spent on a web page is seven seconds, that includes looking at all ads, photos and reading content. To be honest, I probably belive this statement to be true. There are some exceptions though, some articles I want to read later, in detail, but not right [...]
I just got home from work and errands, and so I’m sitting here, typing a post and reading the gossip blogs and I have so much shit to do. Specifically, I need to get my Santa Claus on and wrap some presents. I mean - Christmas is suddenly fucking TOMORROW and there are just tons [...]
Nearly a week into making the switch to my new Macbook, I think I’ve found a decent word processor, one other than Microsoft Word. I’ve previously tried AbiWord and OpenOffice, each have their own characteristics to them that I liked, however the negatives to each were far greater. OpenOffice was pretty much a [...]
Three days into using my new Macbook and one thing not built in to my liking is a word processor. TextEdit is nice, but just seems lacking and not robust enough, not that I’m a super user of word processing, but it just felt lacking. Microsoft Office is an option, but I [...]
Blogging for me is like a part time job. Between this site and the other blog I run, around one to two hours per day is vested in maintaining them. This time includes:
Writing the actual articles
Research for new articles
Reading several dozen blogs, commenting where I can and getting ideas for new articles
Answering reader [...]
After well over a decade of navigating asphalt and concrete from sea to polluted sea, I think I have enough experience to give advice on how to properly enjoy the roadways. For the record, in that time span, I have zero accidents and 1 speeding ticket. So here, fair reader, are 3 simple rules [...]
Just over two years ago I started to use Firefox and couldn’t be happier. Back then, the main feature that made me excited was tabbed browsing, something that was not available in Internet Explorer at the time (it is now with IE7). Among the obvious tabs, the speed of it launching along with [...]
If you have OCD about tracking your items when ordering online like I do, or want to see where the hold-up is for a late shipment, isnoop.net’s handy little tool is here to help. It is built upon the Google Maps open source technology and shows the route and time of your packages.
Mapping addition [...]
Power couples such as Donald and Melania Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, what makes them successful? More importantly, what makes them possible? Money. They all know it; they’re just okay with the idea. There is an erotic essence to money that has evolved, perhaps, a bit out [...]
For the last few months I have felt very unproductive in my home office. Over the last few months I have installed a nice home stereo receiver between my computer and a decent set of speakers, have my iPod hooked up to it, moved away from a TV, have my monitor and keyboard and a [...]