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Archive for the ‘Musings’ Category
6 Aug
The most important corporate culture doc today
5 Feb
What is that color she’s wearing?
What is relevant criticism? If you are a woman running for President of the United States, even your supporters will criticize your hair, fashion, emotionalism (or lack thereof). Stanley Fish called the irrelevant criticism of candidate Hillary Clinton for what it is in his recent blog post. I wouldn’t be as diplomatic as he is about [...]
28 Jan
A Twenty-First Century One Act Play
Scene: Anchorage, AK; Living Room on Vassar Drive
We see Stephanie engaged in an on-line chat with her friend in NYC.
[laughing]
[typing]
Time passes and we see Stephanie take her MacBook into the kitchen.
Scene: Kitchen of same house
Stephanie and her friend continue their on-line conversation.
Stephanie fills pot with water for cooking pasta.
[typing]
Stephanie adds pasta to water, stirs.
Looks [...]
24 Jan
"Hillary Rodham Clinton is a man."
For the past three years I’ve been working in public media, at a company that runs a public TV (PBS) station, a public radio (NPR) station and also a statewide public radio news network. In that time I’ve gotten more and more involved in the actual creation and publication of content, especially on the web. [...]
3 Dec
Mac usage pretty high in Alaska
Interesting stats from a recently-released report on who’s using Macs to access the Internet…
The states with the highest percentage of Mac users, in order, were Hawaii (15.9 percent), Vermont, (15.1 percent), California (12.8 percent), Oregon (12.7 percent), New York (12.3 percent), Alaska (11.9 percent), and Massachusetts and Maine (both 11.2 percent).
I’m not sure what this [...]
24 Nov
Super Mario Galaxy is go!
About a year and week ago I picked up our Nintendo Wii. I had actually stood on line at a retailer in friggin’ freezing Alaskan weather for about an hour the night of release, but missed out by one sales ticket. One! Anyway, I kept checking a local retailer at every [...]
13 Nov
Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
If you’re feeling a little nutty – in a fun sort of way – take some funny pictures of your cat and submit them to icanhascheezburger. Or just browse through the photos and see if you find yourself smiling, maybe even laughing.
In need of a reflective moment? Visit The Center for Improved Living for a daily question to ponder. [...]
27 Sep
Halo 3: Best graphics on the worst Halo
So Stephanie was kind enough to pick up Halo 3 for me this week. I played it. It was gorgeous to look at initially. But ultimately it kinda sucks.
In Halo 2, the story was convoluted and both over- and under-written. It was confusing and cliched to an embarrassing degree. I figured [...]
9 Sep
Google Reader kicks, um… butt
So I’ve noodled around with Google Reader (a web-based RSS aggregator and reader) before, but not really taken it too seriously. The integration between web page and RSS feed reading in Apple’s Safari browser has made me happy for a long time.
However, once you’ve gotten past a handful of feeds, it becomes cumbersome to [...]
9 Sep
Now we’re talking dirty
Visit the best part of France — from the comfort of your own bathroom: cleanishappy.com
Creepy part of this site? How happy everyone is to talk about this, um… device. Perhaps clean really is happy.
I’m going to take a shower now. Seriously.
6 Sep
Tappa, tappa, tappa…
Oh my.
Do we…
wait for the iPhone to arrive in Alaska (when AT&T completes the buyout of Cellular One), or…
make the iPod touch plunge now and wait for a second/third generation iPhone?
Hmmm. I suppose we have a few weeks to decide.
Well, the Alaska Permanent Fund dividends should be here in October…
