Monthly Archives: September 2007

Design Your Self – Ridiculous Book

I picked this book up the other day at the library because it caught my eye on the shelf and quite frankly I brought it home because of the design and not the self-help qualities it may posses. I finally … Continue reading

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Week 20 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 9/25/07

I’ve not bought anything at the last couple of Tuesday markets. I’ve been extremely busy at work and did not have the time to make it over the prior two weeks. I finally got a chance to get there this … Continue reading

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Does “beta” mean anything anymore?

I just wrote about the public “beta” for mint.com and it got me thinking…is there really any meaning to the term “beta” anymore as it applies to software? In my mind beta means feature-complete but has bugs that need to … Continue reading

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Mint.com – it ain’t all that

A couple of days prior to their melt-down, um, I mean before their public beta started after Techcrunch, I received an email inviting me in to the private beta of mint.com. Lets face it, this was one site that almost … Continue reading

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Perception is everything

At work we just finished a very large programming effort that is now out there, live, and being used by our clients. Great. Now we’ve got a bit of breathing room and because we’re moving into a period of code … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office 2007 Ribbon still bizarre? I think not.

I was reading an article today about the launch of Google Presentations and the author noted that I’ve complete abandoned using Microsoft Office altogether, but I do have NeoOffice installed for offline usage (mostly when flying). Hmmm…Mac user maybe? Not … Continue reading

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Mini Review – This Moment on Earth

I finished reading This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future by John and Teresa Heinz Kerry and wanted to post my thoughts here. I have to say that I had high hopes for this … Continue reading

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So Angry

I am just furious right now and so tired I wish I could write more eloquently about this but in the interest of going to bed with this out of my system I just have to say what the f**k … Continue reading

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Apple gets design…apparently they don’t understand psychology quite as well

A funny thing that $100 rebate. Was is surprising that people got really pissed off when Apple dropped the price of the iPhone $200 after two months when there wasn’t a reason to except for maximizing profits? Here is a … Continue reading

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72 degrees

I am not understanding why anyone would set their home air conditioner to maintain 72 degrees. While listening to a podcast from NPR Climate Connections about the energy costs of heating and cooling they discuss the impact to the environment, … Continue reading

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