Monthly Archives: April 2007

About to give up on Google

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

Following a few weeks of server errors when I attempted to connect to Gmail, I’m now having issues with Google Notebook. This is a damn shame, because Gmail and Google Notebook are really convenient for someone who uses as many … Continue reading →

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God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

Skimming my news feeds in Google Reader this evening before I finish writing for the evening, I ran across the bad news: Kurt Vonnegut, author of some of the best American fiction ever written, died today in Manhattan at the … Continue reading →

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WP theme designer switching from CC to GPL

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

“Small Potato” is Switching from Creative Commons to GPL: Despite that I’m just ONE theme designer and despite that I don’t contribute directly the WordPress codes, I believe that switching to GPL is a step in the direction to support … Continue reading →

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Can I be a CEO now?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

I’ve been saying this for years, nice to see someone else hammering on the ridiculousness of CEO pay as well: I’m not big on kicking CEO’s and playing “bash the latest CEO compensation report” but this is pretty freaking ridiculous … Continue reading →

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Data loss and comics

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

J.D. “Illiad” Frazer (hi Illiad…) is addressing data loss in the most recent User Friendly series, focusing on the marketing guy (Stef) losing his work and then blaming IT for not having appropriate backups. I know J.D. is going for … Continue reading →

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Kill your television

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

Want to save some money? Get rid of cable. Want to free up some time? Stop watching TV. A site called The Simple Dollar has a piece on the benefits of turning off your television. By cutting out TV and … Continue reading →

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Damned if you do…

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Joe Brockmeier

I’m somewhat amused by how Google is getting railed on right and left for, alternately, linking to content and not linking to content. The blogger types get angry at Google when the search giant changes its search algorithm and they … Continue reading →

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