My Depression Lifts…Time To Rock
And sure enough, my depression has lifted. I spent last night at my parents’ house, talking over my finances, and I’ve decided on a course of action. Context: I have about 2 months of expenses left in my checking account. While I’ve made some money from web development, it’s a quarter of what I’d need […]
Personal Stuff
Lack of blog updates here. Mainly because I’ve been depressed lately. It comes in waves, and much of the time I’ve felt okay. But…all is not right, internally, despite all being well externally. I’ve no reason to complain. But such is life. The mind and the heart are incomprehensibly complex systems. (I hesitate to call […]
This Has Been On My Mind A Lot Lately
Life is “won” by the persistent.
Topix: Local News and Commentary
I really love this site: Topix. It displays local news stories for your specific town or county, along with forum comments. All the comments are from people local to the story, so you’ll see reactions from the parents or neighbors of those involved. You get really close to what happens.
Donate to Teachers
Rather cool website out there: DonorsChoose.org. On this website, teachers ask for classroom project materials. You donate money to whatever you think is appropriate. The teacher and students then send you thanks, via email or regular mail. You can donate as much as you want to any project. If a project falls through, you can […]
Increase Web Page Font Size Using a Custom Stylesheet
Warning! Extreme geekiness ahead, but at least it’s extremely useful geekiness. Are you annoyed with the text size on certain websites? Would you like to increase the text size on just those sites? Do you use the Firefox web browser? If you’re using Firefox, find the “chrome” directory in your preferences (location varies by operating […]
Saalon, The Weekend, and Podcasting
So Saalon came down last weekend to hang out. He DM’ed a D&D 4th Edition game for me and some friends; a grand time was had by all. We beat the X-Men arcade game, and played Super Gem Fighter Mini-Mix, and generally hung out. One of the friends was Nick, so while we were together, […]
identi.ca
I’m now on identi.ca, a new social networking site, as brentnewhall. identi.ca is apparently attempting to be another Twitter, though I don’t see a lot of activity there yet. Still, you never know what’s going to be the next popular platform. A few minutes’ time will at least introduce you to them.
Independence Day Parfaits
Software: 1 pound strawberries 1 pound blueberries 1 small carton heavy cream 1 cup of vanilla yogurt Hardware: A standing mixer 6 glass parfait glasses, if possible Chill the bowl and blade of a standing mixer in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Wash the fruit and slice the strawberries. Remove the bowl and […]
Robert Scoble
In concert with yesterday’s entry, in which I talked about the IMDb, today I’m going to talk about a really neat guy named Robert Scoble. Robert first came to my attention when he worked for Microsoft. He was one of the first employees there to blog seriously, and he blogged a lot. Some of his […]