A Life Less Ordinary

Category: Blog

  • How to Block Access to Websites in Mac OS X

    The keyboard I use at work has some keys on it that are a bit tough to press. Being someone who types all day long as part of my job, this is somewhat annoying. Only slightly more annoying is what happens when I attempt to type in gmail.com, but accidentally enter gmail.cm. You can visit…

  • Why Developers Need to Understand Design

    The image to the right shows 2 panels from a 10 panel graphic describing the typical development and production process. It’s funny because, unfortunately, it’s pretty true to form. The panel about the analyst is the only one that mentions design, but as a developer, I would suggest an extra panel between the analyst and…

  • Nobody Wants Ann Coulter

    I saw this banner ad and thought, “now they’re trying to give Ann Coulter away? I guess nobody wants her.” Free, huh? I’ll pass.

  • A Sign of the Recession

    There’s a guy who parks his Porsche at a parking meter across the street from our building nearly every day, and nearly every day he gets a parking ticket. We all wonder why he doesn’t just feed the meter, since doing so would save him over $10 a day. We joke that he must be…

  • Me, Every Day

    This is me, pretty much every day. *sigh* And in case you’ve never seen it before, Savage Chickens is an often–hilarious webcomic that I’ve started to read.

  • Friday Funday CCXLII

    Smack vs. The Smacked The Official Creebobby Comics Archetype Times Table Classics in Lego Saluting the Canadian Contingent Duck Sim 2008

  • Social Media and Traditional Media: Not Exactly A Match Made in Heaven

    Blogs. YouTube. MySpace. Facebook. Twitter. These are the social buzzwords of Web 2.0, that ill-defined concept that traditional media thinks will make them money.

  • My Busy Week, An Idea for DST, and The Problem With Bananas

    This week is going to be incredibly busy for me. Today is the only day without a meeting or appointment after work. I guess I’m just getting to be a really popular guy! I’m going to try to keep on blogging every day, but I can’t make any promises. Today I had an idea for…

  • A Phone Made of Human Ass

    I’m a big proponent of usability. I’ve only mentioned it on the site a few times, but I’ve always evangelized it in the workplace. The idea that things should be easy to use extends beyond the web and into other facets of life. I shouldn’t have to read the instruction manual to know how to…

  • Flickr Pro Account Expired? Say Good-Bye to Your Pics!

    Flickr is a pretty great service, and one that I’ve always been happy with. About a year and a half ago, I was so happy with Flickr that I decided to upgrade to a Pro account. Recently—without warning—my Pro account expired, taking most of my pictures with it. Needless to say, I was upset (see…