iOS vs. Windows upgrades
I couldn’t help but ponder while I was upgrading my iPhone to iOS5 this afternoon the differences between an Apple and a Windows OS upgrade. And mind you,...
Tag: geek stuff
finding inspiration in the wake of tragedy…
The last couple of days have been sort of surreal with Steve Jobs’ passing and all. Already there have been reports of memorials appearing at Apple stores...
a community coping with the loss of an icon…
Wow. Last night was kind of crazy – one minute I’m gearing up for another normal, regularly scheduled evening of writing my humor column, the next I...
Awkward Embraces
I’m not entirely sure how I got here, but some late-night surfing brought me to this new (to me!) web series by Jessica Mills called Awkward Embraces, and...
So this whole Netflix / Qwikster thing…
I’m sure we’ve all gotten the weird e-mail from Reed Hastings by now. You know, the politician’s apology where you act like you’re all g...
Hunting for Geocities
I’m not really sure what brought this about today, but somehow I came across this site that took on the herculean task of archiving Geocities when Yahoo! opted ...
new D&D campaign photos, AND LINKS!
As promised, here are a couple of new D&D pics from the campaign that I play in, along with more importantly a link to the wiki that we’ve been using...
campaign photo highlights
Our new campaign actually has a public wiki to share info about the world in which we’re playing (whereas the last one used Yahoo! Groups, which is a clos...
solar power
Sometimes I wish that more people were excited about the prospect of solar power. I mean, I understand that it’s still kind of expensive and all, but I...
Another reason it’s time to move my blog…
…apparently it hasn’t actually been UP for the last couple of days! Nothing against good, old Frank here, of course, but at least on my own sites I ...