Author: Jon

Here’s an idea (or several) that has been banging around in my head for a little while now: print on demand (POD) magazines generated from blogs. It’s not a new idea—ironically, shortly after I began thinking about this, I discovered OpenZine, a site/service which seems to do the same type of thing—but right now it… Continue reading Idea: print on demand, blogs, and magazines

My wife found this article today on the possible end of the TV series "24" after the next season (season 8). Nothing really earth-shaking here, but it sort of ties in with a thought I’ve had for a while and hadn’t gotten around to blogging, until now. The thought is, what actor(s) would you want… Continue reading What actor(s) would you like to see on 24?

Finally caught up with my 2008 year in review! You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 if you haven’t already. November November was really a pretty uneventful month. The kids were in school, I was entering my third month of my new job and we were all getting… Continue reading 2008 in review, part 6

Previous installments: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. September The beginning of the month was the latter half of Labor Day weekend, with my brother and sister-in-law still in town for another day or so. More beer drinking ensued. On the third, I officially started my new job with Smart Solutions; I had… Continue reading 2008 in review, part 5

You can catch up on the previous three installments here, here, and here. July It was a fairly uneventful month, low-key and budget-conscious. We enjoyed the Fourth of July by going to the annual Pet Parade downtown, and then checked out the action in Drake Park before hitting up the Library book sale and the… Continue reading 2008 in review, part 4

Continuing my retrospective of 2008. You can catch up on Part 1 (January and February) and Part 2 (March and April) if you haven’t already. May By and large, May was rather uneventful but it did see a continuation on the job search front; I hadn’t yet ramped up to it but I did have… Continue reading 2008 in review, part 3

I’ve already looked at the first two months of last year and what went on; now March and April. March I was interviewed by Peter Sachs of the Bulletin for a(nother) article on blogging. It was a front page article, and even though I didn’t have my picture in the paper this time around, I… Continue reading 2008 in review, part 2

2008 was a pretty eventful year, overall, and I wanted to go back through and put things in perspective. As I started writing this yesterday, my initial thought was to fit three months per post, but so far the first two months have grown longer than I expected. So it may end up being a… Continue reading 2008 in review, part 1

Astute readers know (or can probably guess) that the software running my various blogs isn’t your standard blog software; in fact, it’s all PHP code that I wrote myself, and have gradually refined over the years. Truth be told, though, I’m getting sick of it and I’m considering switch everything over to WordPress. Why? Here… Continue reading Why I’m considering switching to WordPress

My wife made commented on yesterday’s post that I should "describe" the ornaments I received as gifts this year. Even better, here’s a picture of two: Probably the best way I would "describe" them is "tongue in cheek".