November 21, 2005
Ringtone Mania
A few weeks ago, I made the mistake of buying myself a new phone with the ability to upload your own mp3 as a ringtone. Suffice to say, I didn't follow my own advice. At all.read... (64 words. Posted to personal at 04:36 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 11)
November 20, 2005
Charles' Rules of Online Forums
Since the boundaries of each age are defined by the participants, you will never truly convince someone else that your timeline for a forum's decline is right, and theirs is wrong. To them, you'll either be a jaded old fogey who can't see what fun everyone else is having, or you'll be a clueless newbie who has ruined the place, damnit.read... (490 words. Posted to nerd at 12:51 AM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 5)
November 19, 2005
Dream Weaver
Last night's dream (Well, this morning's dream. I always have the best dreams when I wake up, then go back to bed for a few hours) opened with me not knowing who I was. All the people around me were concerned - I'd been through some kind of strange time-travel event, and I wasn't allowed to do time-travel.read... (511 words. Posted to personal at 09:48 AM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 5)
November 03, 2005
Woolly Thinking Two
Why would starting a blog help Walmart? Well, the conventional blogging wisdom is that they'd be entering into a conversation. A conversation with whom? Well, the relatively small number of people who pay attention to blogs.read... (419 words. Posted to nerd at 11:22 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 0)
Woolly Thinking
Once again proving that if you reduce a problem down to a series of nonsense metrics, you end up with a meaningless result.read... (608 words. Posted to nerd at 10:14 PM. Trackbacks: 0 Comments: 4)