I like to keep up with developments in culture, technology and various hobbies while avoiding news per se. For several years, I used Google Reader to organize my collection of RSS feeds. When Google killed off Google Reader, like a lot of RSS fans I switched to using Feedly. I’ve been happy with Feedly. It…
Coffee at work is a challenge. I really don’t like the cheap stuff most offices supply but it’s a nuisance to make your own proper coffee at work because it’s such a complicated mess. A year or two ago, I discovered Nestlé Classico instant coffee, which is not terribly expensive and tastes really good compared…
If you upload your photographs to Google for storage, Google will try to make your pictures more entertaining. They call this set of features “Auto Awesome“. In the case of the six examples below from my own collection, they certainly succeeded in making them entertaining if not actually awesome. Auto-Seasickness Snow in June White Gravel…
I feel a little sorry for the people at bigtime TV and movie companies who have to decide what to charge for their product, because from the outside it really does look like they have no clue what their intellectual property is worth anymore. Maybe some of this confusion results from different groups in the…
I’ve mentioned my fascination with the SCP Series Wiki a few times here. It’s a fascinating repository of creepypasta content with an interesting set of rules and restrictions. The setup for the SCP series is that there is exists a shadowy organization called the SCP Foundation, the raison d’être of which is to protect the…
For years, my Lovely Spouse and I have had a running joke about the Little Man inside the iPod. When we’re having a meal together at home or just hanging out on the sofa, we like to play music in the background. I’ve spent an inordinate and obsessive amount of time assembling and tweaking the…