To catch a mouse diaryDay one: Received the Riddex Sonic Pest Repeller and plugged them in. These were on sale real cheap at Amazon so I thought I'd give it a try before doing something more drastic. It was only a tiny field mouse after all. My family thought I was...
Notes while surfing
Are you in a browser rut?
Since this website is about surfing the internet, I thought I'd talk about the tools of the trade today. I'm surprised at the many people who still use Internet Explorer. Are you one of them? I have a number of customers who were, but I've released them from their...
All apologies to Irvine
I'm a pretty positive person and normally don't post rants against anyone, so I apologize in advance for this one, but I just have to get this off my chest.I was watching CNN during lunch and they announced that Irvine, California has been named, again, as one of the...
Are we getting nastier?
I recently set up a blog for a customer and was encouraging him to integrate it with social media accounts such as Twitter and Facebook. He wasn't in favor of the idea because, he said, Twitter had become so "nasty." The tweets he'd seen lately were nothing but nasty...
Is a quote still a quote if it is never quoted?
What do you use for your profile quote? Every time I join a new site, this question stumps me. It leaves me asking more questions:If its for my profile page, shouldn't the quote be mine?What quote reflects who I am?Should it be funny, cause I appreciate a good...
Will a Major University Please Stand Up?
The dryer had stopped. iTunes was blaring. My coffee had gone cold. The phone rang. I was oblivious to it all. I was in "my happy place." Others call it "being in the zone." Do you ever get that? I get it when I'm engrossed in a design project. One that offers a bit...
Will a Major University Please Stand Up?
The dryer had stopped. iTunes was blaring. My coffee had gone cold. The phone rang. I was oblivious to it all. I was in "my happy place." Others call it "being in the zone." Do you ever get that? I get it when I'm engrossed in a design project. One that offers a bit...
Surfing to Improve Your Brain
Image by TZA via Flickr Ready to exercise your brain cells? If recent news reports are accurate, I'd say the answer is yes. Apparently, millions of people are taking advantage of free classes online. According to Apple, its online store's educational section has hit...
The greatest blog post ever written
I'm really bummed. Yesterday, I was away from my computer so I used the new Blogger app and wrote the best post ever written by anyone on the world wide web to date. Image via CrunchBase Seriously! I'd show you, but apparently it disappeared. Or, perhaps it appeared...