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RomeoRhino

After Mystery Science Theater 3000 ended, I wondered if anyone else would pick up the mantle. They stumbled upon the formula of recording voice-over riffs of bad pop culture movies, and surely someone else would continue. The technology’s easy enough. Someone’s done it: RomeoRhino. RomeoRhino is a YouTube user who takes public domain instructional videos […]

21 May 08

Accepting PayPal Payments As I prepare to bring my teaching website, Your Online Life, online, I’ve been fiddling with PayPal. I plan to use it to accept credit card payments, and I got lost within their documentation. But I managed to pull together what I need, and here’s what I found. First, log in to […]

Accepting PayPal Payments

As I prepare to bring my teaching website, Your Online Life, online, I’ve been fiddling with PayPal. I plan to use it to accept credit card payments, and I got lost within their documentation. But I managed to pull together what I need, and here’s what I found. First, log in to PayPal, then click […]

20 May 08

I heard this in a recentl Manager Tools podcast: Until you’ve got something, you’ve got nothing. It struck a powerful chord. As I chat with folks via Twitter and follow others’ blogs, I realize that I have little to offer. A bit here and there: a few written stories, some credits. But precious little accomplished, […]

20 May 08

I heard this in a recentl Manager Tools podcast: Until you’ve got something, you’ve got nothing. It struck a powerful chord. As I chat with folks via Twitter and follow others’ blogs, I realize that I have little to offer. A bit here and there: a few written stories, some credits. But precious little accomplished, […]

19 May 08

Why I Have a Productivity System When I look around at friends and family who don’t seem to be accomplishing that which they want to, I notice a trend. They’re smart. They even know what they want, if vaguely. But they don’t have a way of breaking down those goals into actionable steps. Now, you […]

Why I Have a Productivity System

When I look around at friends and family who don’t seem to be accomplishing that which they want to, I notice a trend. They’re smart. They even know what they want, if vaguely. But they don’t have a way of breaking down those goals into actionable steps. Now, you can try to break down your […]

16 May 08

Just finished a busy time in the kitchen. Made some icebox cookie dough (with lemon!), some udon noodles from a new recipe, and wine. Sort of ghetto wine, actually. The recipes are from Instructables, a cool website with lots of offbeat how-tos, from How to Make an Easy Inverted Planter to Making realistic Steampunk Airship […]

Instructable Wine

Just finished a busy time in the kitchen. Made some icebox cookie dough (with lemon!), some udon noodles from a new recipe, and wine. Sort of ghetto wine, actually. The recipes are from Instructables, a cool website with lots of offbeat how-tos, from How to Make an Easy Inverted Planter to Making realistic Steampunk Airship […]

15 May 08

It’s late evening. I really need to write more articles for Your Online Life. But I don’t want to, and if history is any indication I won’t do any more work tonight. I’m used to winding down in the evenings. However. My new mantra is “Evolve. And let the chips fall where they may.” (from […]

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