Well, not “competition” in the strictest sense, since I’m actually eager to see her in this particular space, but it appears as though my wife has decided to take up blogging. Now, I won’t be linking to her blog around these parts, as it’s a more personal site for just close friends and family. I […]
Secrets of the 5-year-old’s samurai drawings
So last night, like every Tuesday night, my oldest son and I (and the youngest one, when he was capable of sitting still for more than ten seconds) sat down to watch Nova. This time the episode was Secrets of the Samurai Sword. You can tell that an episode is particularly good when the boy […]
Disconnecting, and it feels so good
Being offline for an entire week has really put a lot of things into perspective. Coming back to a veritable information overload online with over 1,500 unread Google Reader items, I’ve decided that a lot of the noise I listen to runs completely counter to my goals in life. So I’ve decided to make a […]
…aaaaaaand I’m back!
So, what happens when I’m out of the office for an entire week? Oh, nothing much.
Offline for a week
I’m going to be offline all this coming week, from Sunday through about Friday. I’ll be spending some time out at a church camp all week with some high schoolers being a counselor and a speaker, and occasionally playing guitar around a campfire. Naturally, we’ll all be praying for the flood waters to quickly recede […]
Greetings new visitors! (and there’s a lot of you!)
I captured this shot of my blog stats this evening just as it had reset for the 13th. That first jump on the 4th was my first post about Toluu. Most of the traffic that day came from FriendFeed. The second jump was after my follow-up post on Toluu yesterday. Most of that traffic also […]
IowaFlood and Nerdflood: two great floods that flood great together
Apparently there’s some confusion on the internets* about this new website that’s popped up called IowaFlood, and its purported relation to Nerdflood. So, time to clear the air. Here is a detailed side by side comparison of the two sites to give everyone a very clear understanding of what each site provides you, the valued […]
Toluu has gotten even better
My new favorite RSS feed suggester, digester, and recompenser Toluu (first talked about here) just released some nifty new features. My absolute top favorite is pictured below: Every feed in the system now shows how many people are subscribed to it, and you can click the tab to see who is subscribed to the feed. […]
2008: the year of the 360 RPG?
I know that the Wii has some RPGs on the way, but it looks as though 2008 might also be the year that the Xbox 360 gets some quality RPG goodness of its own. Infinite Undiscovery from Square Enix slated to hit the US at the beginning of September. The Last Remnant, also a Square […]
Another reason to love Twitter: the randomness of cartoonists
A good number of popular webcartoonists have Twitter accounts these days. I follow a small sampling of these excellent creative individuals, and happened to catch onto something marvelous that came absolutely out of nowhere today. Rene Engstrom, the Swedish creator of the comic Anders Loves Maria, posted a tweet this afternoon: Ok Twitter! I’m taking […]