I don’t have much to say today (even if I did, I don’t have enough time to write about it), but I did want to pass on this link to storyofstuff.com that was sent to me by a friend. It’s pretty interesting stuff, and the video packs quite a bit of info into 20 minutes.

Today is Boxing Day, which in the United States doesn’t mean very much. Boxing Day is observed in the Commonwealth of Nations, where it is celebrated with a day off from work and, depending on where you live, soccer games and giant after-Christmas sales. But the origins of Boxing Day have little to do with…

Many people who know me also know that I dislike Christmas music. The reason for this is because, when I was in high school, I worked at a Christmas store for a few months — and yes, one of those months was December. While working there, I had to listen to Christmas music most of…

While MovableType has done a pretty good job of stopping spam comments from making it through, it still has a hard time with certain types of spam. To help save me from having to deal with the spam comments that MT lets through, I’m setting up filters. Below is a list of strings that will…

Now that I’ve been at my new job for a couple of weeks, a lot of people have been asking me how it’s going and if I like it. The answer is simple: it’s going great and I love it! I had thought that my first few days would be slow, with me mostly learning…

Yesterday, Morah got back to the car after work and found the contents of our glove box piled up on the passenger seat, the garage door opener out of its compartment, and the driver’s seat too far back. She called me to see if I had used the car, but I hadn’t (and even if…

Web developers around the world are raising their voices in cheer today because of the IEBlog’s grand announcement: Internet Explorer 8 passes the Acid2 Test. Readers of this blog who are not web designers are probably wondering what all the fuss is about. Simply put, Acid2 tests how browsers work with some specific features across…

Some of you will remember my previous Five Things You Have Learned on the Job That Other People Might Find Useful post, wherein I posted 5 things I learned on the job, then challenged my readers to do the same. Well, here we are with round two! I’ve been meaning to post this list for…

I recently noticed that my armpits smell different than they used to. I know, this is a weird post. But it’s interesting to me, and this is my blog. For a long time, I always thought my armpits smelled a bit like the sap from an aloe cactus (the real stuff, not the crap you…

When we’re kids, adults always tell us to look both ways before crossing the street. And it’s good advice, but not just for pedestrians. On our way home, we were sitting at a red light when all of a sudden, a girls shouts, “what the fuck are you doing?!” I looked over to see a…