Monthly Archives: August 2011

Birdhouse in Your Soul

This song is just stuck in my head right now.   I have no idea why – since I’m watching Smallville.  I’m having some beers.  I am doing nothing in relation to this song.   Oh well, enjoy!    

Creating An Online Home For Friends

Over the last couple weeks I have done a couple posts (here and here)  about creating the mashup site for friends blogs to filter through.   I did make sure that I turned off the function to have these posts show up in search engines.   I figured if something was created by someone, it

Aural Memories

We all have things that trigger senses.   They may be places or people that trigger touch memories, scent memories, or in the case of today sound memories.   I was out mowing the lawn today and I normally I listen to podcasts while doing this.  My lawn isn’t a fifteen minute task, it normally

The Magic Copy of Baseball Stars

You know those strange video game moments that you can’t explain?   You know how there are some you can never forget?   I had one of those when I was a sophomore or junior in high school.   Granted of course being a geek it could all be me and some people will say

Why Aren’t Comics For Kids Anymore?

I just finished reading a great piece about how comic book makers are not targeting kids under 12 anymore (read the piece here).   I was thinking on this, my greatest diversity of reading comics was in my pre-teen years.  I loved the whole Star Comics line by Marvel (almost every title geared towards preteen),

Interface Design – Designing a Blog For Those That Don’t Blog

Annoyed working on a project…. I mentioned the other day about creating a mash-up blog for friends.   I have been working at trying to work around how everyone else uses the Internet and normalize it.  The first problem is everyone that uses Facebook.   Even if I could get the content out easily or

Caught Up Through Smallville Season 2

Over the last week and a half Xie and I have managed to work through two seasons of Smallville.   I’m reminded (though I love the show) the annoying love triangle between Cloie, Lana, and Clark.   Which, during these two seasons at least it’s a mix or match of who Clark wants or who