Random Articles

• Pruning the Beanstalk - Feedreaders Need to Grow With Us “Odeo will work fine for new subscribers, but as soon as you’ve been subscribed for a few months, it’s impossible to use.” - Michael Mahemoff Michael’s got an excellent point there. If you’ve following my writing, you know I have a similar problem with the 300+ subscriptions in my NetNewsWire (up from 250, up from 200,
• 10mph at Lagoon Theater, Aug 14 Almost 2 months after watching 10mph via Netflix and reviewing it, I receive an invitation to the Mpls screening on Aug 15. Kudos to Hunter and Josh for keeping the buzz going on their film.
• Xcel Energy started including WindSource… Xcel Energy started including WindSource charges as a line item on their monthly billing statements. We buy all of our energy through that program and I’ve been curious to see how much it actually adds to our bill. This month: $12. Such a small amount to support renewable energy programs. Elsewhere: Dan Grigsby did the same
• Forced Outage My 6+ year-old DSL modem is not longer serving faithfully. Yesterday, round dinner time, it stopped. Everything. The kind folks at Speakeasy.net are sending over a replacement, but until then…..I’m bouncing around local coffee shops for access. Ok - DSL is back, looks like it was something wrong with the line itself…but it’s hard to test
• I’m Still In Here The office I’m spending the day in has motion detectors on the lights. I sat too perfectly still for too long and the room went black. Hey. I’m still in here.