My daughter and I enjoyed a fine outing to the park and museum Sunday, but when we came home the house was strangely quiet. No…
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My daughter and I enjoyed a fine outing to the park and museum Sunday, but when we came home the house was strangely quiet. No…
photo by spike55151 So I took the first six seconds of “So Emotional” and looped it eleven times, each time at a lower bit rate.…
So what is it I do anyway? Lots of different things. For example: Today I’m leading a faculty workshop on Firefox 3.5, so here’s a…
I don’t have much use for most of the new features in iTunes 9 (released yesterday) but there’s one thing I like: Apple has added…
“Chigger Bites” has become my first and (only photo) to score over 10,000 views on Flickr. No need to share your home remedies, by the…
I used eGroups back in the day. They got bought out by Yahoo in 2000 and became a part of Yahoo Groups, but I know…
I was tag-surfing on Flickr when I came across this fantastic image called “The Descent of Persephone,” a fresh collaboration from two artists Alvarejo and…
Here’s my new desktop wallpaper, courtesy of Brother O’Mara: This photo was taken on Iberville in Mid-City, up near N. Telemachus. I’ve passed by this…
Facebook continues to amaze as I connect again and again to people with whom I haven’t communicated for up to a quarter century. So what…
Update: This is a very old post from 2009. I am no longer seeking a Brother WP-500. Back in the late ’80s I bought a…
I wasn’t going to post anything about the current e-mail foofaraw down at City Hall, because I figured I didn’t have anything to say about…
This picture illustrates why I can never take a sick day. I stayed home to nurse a cold a couple months back. In my absence,…
Version 2.7.1 of WordPress, the software that powers this blog, was released a couple days ago. I’d been looking forward to this release, even though…
After a month of cajoling on my part, I’m happy to report my co-worker Nancy Hampton has finally launched the Xavier Library Blog. Please check…
One of the key tensions in my relationship with Xy has to do with television. To put it bluntly, she’s for it and I’m against…
Against my better judgment, I’ve set up a new site for the podcast known as J&B’s Nightcap. It’s at nightcap.rox and the second installment is…
I upgraded this blog (and a few others) to WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane” today; it’s a great package, but the built-in upgrade installation feature is simply…