Microsoft Tag
Is it me or does the Microsoft Tag service seem like another one of their efforts to make a proprietary version of something that already works? What is the added value of Microsoft Tag over QR codes? Am I the…
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Creatively Distracted
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
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The Wave
So lately there’s been a lot of hype about Google’s upcoming product, Wave. I won’t deny that the features in the demo seem very productive/handy/slick, but its the name I can’t get over. Surely I can’t be the only person…
Nutrition in Public Schools
I came across this [TED] talk by Ann Cooper who is working to make school lunches healthier and teaching children about food and nutrition. I really like how she describes tying gardening and cooking together in the classes she has…
My Google Reader is Borken!
Someone please tell me that I accidentally changed a setting in Google Reader that made it start loading web pages into inline frames when I click on post titles... and I can change back to my old setting ...NOW... Whose crazy idea was that anyway?
RSS feed to Newspaper?
In the most irritating way possible, FeedJournal offers to bring the technological advancement of feeding/reading news full circle by enabling you to generate a newspaper from your feed content. Kill trees AND read slower with no mechanism for sharing –…
Andrew Keen: The Internet is Destroying Culture
Seriously, it sounds like a joke, but it is true. This post by Roo Reynolds reminded me that I had seen Keen on the Colbert Show promoting his book and was left with such an absolutely foul taste of ignorance…
Human Powered
I’m no engineer, or an expert on generators or power grids, but it seems to me that with all of the health and fitness clubs in the United States – and with all of the users of cardio equipment, sweating…
XP Help & Support Sucks
I hate the Windows XP Help & Support Center. I only ever think to pop it open when I’m at my wit’s end trying to fix something… but it is NEVER helpful. In fact, over the course of the eleven…
The Problem With OpenID
I’ve come to use my OpenID a lot recently, but today the MyOpenID server seems to not be playing well with others. How do I log in to sites I want to use without it? I’ve wondered about this in…
Unbelieveably Priced
While scanning through books in my zotero collection sorting my latest “To Buy” list I came across Foundations of Augmented Cognition, which of course I added to the list… until I looked it up on Amazon and saw it was…
Real Estate Rage
I’m so sick of this crap market for residential real estate right now. What an irritating time to try and SELL A HOUSE!
No Stalking
Very relieved that I’m not being stalked in light of some random events today (also testing a new plugin and need a fresh post)
Partial Feeds Bad
To all of the sites out there that only publish partial posts in their feeds – You’re wasting my time. Seriously, I hate you guys.
@Windows
Stop asking me if I want to restart. I’ll restart when it is convenient for me, jeeze – what a nag!
No Chicken Sushi
@FredMeyer stores: No matter what you call it in the end – chicken should never be incorporated into sushi.
Raving in Kaneva
OMG, the residents of Kaneva are raving lunatics – literally. I signed up for an account and revisited my profile to find 21 strangers had raved me. I think I missed something in that world and need to go back…
Acrobat Reader Intrusive
Adobe, Why do my FireFox keyboard shortcuts cease to function while I am viewing a PDF using your reader in my web browser? Do you understand the irritation and inefficiency this creates?
Signal/Noise
You must meet a minimum 85/15 percent signal to noise ratio to talk to me today. You’ve been warned.
Toilet Paper Math
Overall, I try to avoid activities that involve math – though many tasks related to graphic design make it unavoidable. What really irritates me is standing in the grocery store in front of the toilet paper trying to figure out…
Job Titles
Does anyone’s job title EVER match just one job provided in a web form drop-down box? They really should be multi-select boxes.
V-Day
Before the day actually ends I want to end it by pointing out that Valentine’s Day is one of the lamest excuses for a holiday of all time. For one day each year let’s mark on our calendars to remember…
The Annoying Ms. Dewey
In the mood to try your patience on many levels? Try searching with this engine.
Something Old?
This month's issue of Dwell has an interview with Andrew Dent, material scientist and VP of Material ConneXion.
Vacation and the RV Culture
There is a sub-culture in the States that until a few years ago, I had been oblivious to – RV-ers. The most obvious indicator that you are near a member of this religion is a 10 to 40 foot-long behemoth…
Blackboard Awarded Patent for LMS Technology
What is this? On 26 July 2006 Blackboard announced that they had been awarded the patent for eLearning technology (no. 6,988,138). Upon reading this patent it occurs to me that they have pretty much patented the concept of the LMS.…