The Auburn Knights will have their annual reunion this weekend. Montgomery Advertiser story. I like to think that in some parallel universe I got to play with the Auburn Knights as a regular band member, but truthfully I went to AUM and anyway I was probably never that good. However, I was asked to play […]
AU Knights reunion this weekend Read Post »
What can trying to cash in on travel coupons teach us about perishable commodities? Not much if you’re depending on night auditor types, I suppose. I just drove over to Tuscaloosa. For the benefit of my out-of-state fans, the trip from the Montgomery area to Tuscaloosa is single-handedly responsible for the preponderance of Auburn fans
Travel blog update Read Post »
Perhaps this would have been a good place for Birmingham’s Mayor to look for inspiration/advice: www.logolounge.com
logolounge.com, swooshy logos, and you Read Post »
This is what I get for twittering snarky things about the new Birmingham logo. A friend at al.com challenged me to critique the new design. First, let me say for the record I have no opinion about the name change, the wisdom of changing the name, etc. In my business, of course, change is good.
This is why design work should be left to professionals Read Post »
(hat-tip: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-talk-sidebar-widget-10/ – http://alax.info/blog . ) I’m actually not using his code, as I found that Google has a simple badge deal available from them that I could just slap in the sidebar. However, looking for this was a needle-in-the-haystack proposition, and looking at his blog (and chatting with him) confirmed that this would work. What’s
Google talk chatback badge Read Post »
… and puts the previous whining in perspective. R.I.P. Olive. http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com/
This made my eyes leak a little Read Post »
Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon is over a thousand pages long. Here’s one of the best passages in a very good book, in my opinion. Randy, a computer savant and one of the main characters, is recalling when he had to have his wisdom teeth out (as a bonus, this entire passage, which actually runs a good
Best line in a book I’ve read lately Read Post »
Finally gave up on the old template and trying to fix the fact that the right columns always broke and went under the content. Now using Silver Light. So far I like the code structure and didn’t find it too hard to bang in my changes to the right column.
I read Merlin Mann’s post at 43 Folders which asks: “What does a company get out of its employees spending half their day using an email program?” And then I read Crystal King’s post at her blog Cynosure which asks “Does Technology Connect or Disconnect People from Each Other?” This, naturally, got me thinking about
Old-school private eyes, interconnectedness, and you Read Post »
(hat tip – John Tracy, one of my twitter friends) This is so true – my own application of this has to do with adults who try to begin on musical instruments (or even musicians who try to begin on different instruments). The hard part is – you know how bad you are. It’s a
This is why it’s so hard for adult music beginners Read Post »