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Mar 6th

Twitter

“Twitter in Plain English,” by Lee LeFever from Common Craft. http://www.youtube.com/v/ddO9idmax0o Bryan Person points out: The only critique I have — and it’s one that’s mentioned in some of the comments to Lee’s post — is that there’s no real mention of using Twitter beyond answering the site’s basic “What are you doing?â€? question. As […]

Mar 5th

Finger Mouse

I have been sitting incorrectly at work. I lean on my right/mousing hand and then get something akin to a Tennis Elbow. It’s not huge, but I knew I needed to fix it. As Internet luck would have it, I stumbled across the Finger Mouse. It arrived the day of GAYla as I was cranking […]

Mar 4th

Doing it all online

I no longer buy much software. Between old versions of things, free-trial downloads for extremely rare use, and stuff I have access to at work, I’m much more like to buy a game than I am anything for productivity. And now, a bona fide list to show you don’t have to buy software to do […]

Mar 3rd

GAYla was GREAT

The 2008 Spring GAYla (Under the Sea: Finding Homo) was fabulous. We had amazing food, yummy drink specials, a nice silent auction, some gLous door prizes, and a truly wonderful “one queen” show. Thank you to all our friends who volunteered, attended, and helped behind the scenes. We appreciate you all! -L

Feb 26th

balance…

from onelook.com: noun: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity noun: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account noun: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account noun: equality of distribution noun: a state of equilibrium noun: a wheel that regulates […]

Feb 26th

Signs of Spring

Two days ago, when we were pruning limbs away from the cable (city/utilities won’t do it ’cause it’s not power lines; “SadderLink” cable won’t do it ’cause “they don’t cut trees.”), we noticed several trees with new buds and new leaves. That same day, I saw my first red wasp of the season. Last night, […]