So, yesterday, I spent a couple of hours tooling around with the Windows Live Writer program and its map function.  This morning, I woke up to read Random Connections and discovered my little burg has been visited by the Google Street view folks.  In fact, Google apparently stopped by my cul-de-sac sometime last winter.  On [...]

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The thing about not having been a Steve Jobs disciple is that…well, it’s hard to be a cool kid in John Hodgman’s world.  He’s the only one who is allowed to be cool.
Still, Microsoft will occasionally come up with a new toy.  I’m currently composing this post on Windows Live Writer.  I will fully [...]

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Blog comment spammers are the equivalent of the guy you catch masturbating in the car next to you at the stop light and honking his car horn. He’s not not going to get anyone’s attention unless he forces it. I hate that guy and I hate comment spammers just as much.
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My parents must have known something back on that snowy December day. As the flakes drifted around the state capitol dome, my mother took a break from folding towels and, more than a few hours later, gave birth to a kid who would be worth something one day. Now, some 34 years later, [...]

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If you’ve ever sat back and wondered how that guy down the street seems to make so much money with what he calls “Work on his website,” you’re probably not familiar with Search Engine Optimization, known in most computer circles as SEO. Frankly, if you’re one of those people who makes money in more [...]

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I have two lives: In the box and out of the box. My time out of the box is governed by the whims, wishes, and needs of my wife and kid. It’s beautiful, but sometimes terribly inefficient. My time in the box is my own (and my clients’) and I like it to [...]

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