On some days I deal with a lot of crap that others do not want to deal with. Our office is the dumping ground for anything and everything that others don’t want to do. We do our best because we’re good people trying to make a difference in what sometimes can be a shitty place to work.

sigh. i’ve used bored more than a hundred times in my blogs, i can guarantee that. i’m waiting for Gossip Girl to load. so tagal! i hate it. the next episode aired today. and i haven’t even seen this one. grr. my limewire is so mabagal. i wanna read Gossip Girl’s blog already but it’ll surely have spoilers. nooo! i wanna slap the shit outta my computer.

It’s been a week since I posted. Yes, I’ll be the first to admit, I am a slacker. If there were a whatever number step program for it, I’d gladly join. I just don’t know how long I’d last.

It’s been a week since I posted. Yes, I’ll be the first to admit, I am a slacker. If there were a whatever number step program for it, I’d gladly join. I just don’t know how long I’d last.

I’ve used systems before that provide multiple desktops. It’s such a sensible idea. Yet they’ve never become a part of my usual work environment.

It turns out that the problem may have been something as simple as providing a visual transition from one desktop to another. With Leopard, desktops quickly slide out of the way to make room for the one you’re entering. That little bit of eye candy provides a geographical reference that makes the multiple desktops feel like having multiple screens plugged in to your computer. That’s orientation geographically-challenged people like me need.

I think there’s a good chance I’m going to end up using Leopard’s multiple desktops. (If I could lob an open window from one desktop to another just by dragging it fast with my mouse, I would be totally hooked.)

Lorelle at WordPress published a series of posts recently on Personal Blogging, by guest blogger Edrei Zahari. (You’ll find links to the whole series at the bottom of each post; don’t neglect the comments.) In response, Damien Riley confesses that “Personal blogging has become my fixation,” and points to The Online Diary History Project for some context.

I was pleased to see these, as I think this is a large — and largely overlooked — segment of the blogging community. Most of the writing about blogging is aimed at the probloggers — that is, business bloggers (or meta-bloggers) who are blogging for money. Most of the mainstream media attention goes to political bloggers, who blog about power, and may make a bit of money while they do so (or not.)

Problogger seems a completely appropriate name for these folks; a melding of professional and blogger.

In order to register a Microsoft product, you must get a .NET Passport. There are no alternative methods. I don’t want to support Passport because I’m uncomfortable with Microsoft being in the ID business — and if I’m wrong, then I’ll fall back simply on “I don’t want one because I don’t want one” — so now I don’t get the benefits of registration (whatever those might be).

Isn’t this coercive behavior? Can’t someone please sue them? Thank you.

This blog is a great idea. People new to the blogging world start their own weblog on a daily basis, and [here] they can find “tips, tools, and toys for the personal blogger”. Those people will luck out when they find this site.

 Yesterday I decided to look through a the 500 blogs entered in Australia’s Best Blog Competition (I didn’t view them all but looked over at least 200). I was amazed by the talent out there. I also came away from the exercise struck by variety of different approaches that people take to blogging – especially with the form of posts that they write.

I don’t know anything about baseball — for example, are there rules about when you can use a pinch runner, or is it just random? — so pardon me if this is a naive question, but: Is this the first time that winning a World Series would make a team normal?