Adam Curry has announced his new Book Blog: I’ve been interested in the Gutenberg Project for some time now, and find it fascinating that so many really well known titles are available online and free from copyright. As an experiment I’m going to upload selected works to a this new weblog, in all available formats… Continue reading Book Blog
Author: Jon
Church Sign Generator
This is too good: The Church Sign Generator. Obviously, I’m going to have way too much fun with this.
Coffee
Funny entry today on Scripting News: I don’t like Starbuck’s anymore. Too strong…. Yesterday I bought a can of Chock full o’ Nuts coffee, and it’s just fantastic coffee. Lovin it. And get this, I got the pre-ground kind, because it’s too much of a hassle to grind my own beans. Maybe it’s the west… Continue reading Coffee
Portable Electronic Society
I must be having a Luddite moment or something, but it’s getting ridiculous, the number of rechargeable and portable electronic devices we have these days. I mean, just in the past few days I’ve had to charge my PDA, charge my cell phone, charge my cordless razor, charge the digital camera (only to find out… Continue reading Portable Electronic Society
Cold!
Damn, why is Halloween so cold anymore? It seems like when I was growing up, it was never this cold. Now, every year we just about get frostbite trick-or-treating. Seriously, it was in the teens Friday night. Last year was colder. Global warming, my ass. 🙂
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween to all of you who celebrate it!
Correction
Whoops! In my Oregon Bloggers post yesterday, I incorrectly said that Jake at Utterly Boring was giving away free TypePad accounts. Jake commented to correct me; they’re not free accounts, just discounts for new signups. Still, it’s a good deal. Go get a blog!
Oregon Bloggers
If you’re a blogger in Central or Eastern Oregon, or you’d like to try it out, head on over to Utterly Boring and check out Jake’s offer for a free TypePad account. We want to see more Oregon bloggers east of the Cascades!
Sony Bend Redux
It’s funny how the world works. Hot on the heels of my blog article on Sony Bend Tuesday of last week, our local newspaper, the Bend Bulletin, publishes a story in Saturday’s business section about Sony Bend and the latest version of their Syphon Filter game in development. “Sony filters out separatist group from Bend… Continue reading Sony Bend Redux
Mike Berlyn
This is the second part of the story about Sony Bend I previously posted. This follows up on Mike Berlyn, who was a founding member of the game company Eidetic (now Sony Bend), who left the company in 1997. Read on for the gory details.