Introducing Amphibimen Comics
Short form: My friend Erik and I both have day jobs, but have talked for years about starting our own comics business. He’s the artistic one, the creative spirit, and knows his way around the watercolor aisle at Jerry’s Art Supplies. I’m the nerd, the sci-fi hound, the content manager, the business guy, and the [...]
My Next Career Isn’t In Writing
I decided to spend some time working on writing projects as I’m between jobs. Seemed like a good idea – dust off some short story ideas, enter a few writing contests, polish up the blog a bit, and of course finish the mythical, much-discussed but oft-ignored hockey book. What I’ve really done is write two [...]
Installing a Micro Cell
About four years ago, I put a low-powered cell repeater into our basement. We live in a stucco house, which is an effective Faraday cage; I mostly work in the basement under a tile floor with very little direct outside exposure (yes, this explains oh so much). The cell repeater did its job as long [...]
Kovulchuk Is A Devil
I’m flat-out delighted that Ilya Kovulchuk will be a New Jersey Devil for the next 17 years. The last time I was this happy was when Elias signed a 7-year deal assuring he’d play in New Jersey until the Bubba graduated from high school. Kovulchuk might be the first player that we cheer through four [...]
Stop Searching and Read A Book
Disclaimers: I’ve written three technical books. Background: Tim O’Reilly, via David Farber’s IP mailing list, pointed at Danny Sullivan’s posting that shed some much-needed light on the the arguments for regulating search. Sullivan’s object of satire was an op-ed piece suggesting that Google’s search algorithms be subject to scrutiny and therefore regulation. Marissa Mayer’s piece [...]
Real World Beckoning
I’ve spent the past six weeks blissfully working on projects of my choosing – some not for profits, some foundations, some friends, and some of my own writing. It’s been fun and liberating, lacking in deadlines, and leaves plenty of time for a dip in the town pool and a bucket of balls at the [...]
WordCamp Boulder slides available
I’m speaking at WordCamp Boulder later on today, in the TechStars room. It’s a small room, without any floor grading, so if you’re not in the first three rows of free-standing seats it’s obstructed view. To make it easier for people to follow along (since some of the slides are critical for grokking the more [...]
Kick LeBron James Off Of Twitter
I think I woke up in the 1950s this morning. LeBron James is using his Twitter account to point you at his static web site that indicates his regalness will announce his free agency signing decision on television. Sponsorship dollars for that hour long blathering will be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs. This [...]
8 Track Tapes Make Me Laugh
8 track tapes make me laugh. Anything involving 8 track tape references makes me laugh. Whoever invented the format thought it would be OK to fade songs in and out so they fit the impossibly short lengths of the tape loop. The player moves the heads between track pairs, ensuring that you’ll never approach any [...]