Archive for July, 2008

Tribute: JLM (1917-2003)

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

It doesn’t seem like five years have gone by.  Cheers, Pop.  

Google Docs as web publishing platform

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Google Docs has long had the ability to publish documents to the web, either to a select group of fellow viewers and editors, or for general consumption.  But two additional features make it a potentially useful and simple way to publish all manner of complicated documents.  First is the ability to easily create links from [...]

Motorcycle idiot sighting

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I look for them every summer.  South Carolina doesn’t have a helmet law, so most riders don’t bother with one.  That’s bad enough, of course.  But the hot Carolina summer also encourages light clothing.  Yet, until yesterday, I hadn’t seen the ultimate idiot clothing combination–that rare complete disregard for any sort of safety equipment.  Well, [...]

Environment! We don’t need no stinking environment!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Hey, congressional “Democrats,” here’s another chance to roll over ”compromise” with your fiends across the isle: President Bush to Lift Executive Ban on Offshore Drilling.  Go ahead, you hypocrites.  Time to jump up (again) into Bush’s lap like the good little lapdogs you are.  Otherwise, you’ll be painted as in favor of four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline.  Hurry!  See if [...]

Surprisingly relaxing

Friday, July 11th, 2008

In a Zen garden sort of way:  thisissand.com (via MeFi).

Irony, in the wild

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

I love real-world examples of irony.  Yesterday, I noticed that, here in Mount Pleasant, the local CiCi’s Pizza Buffet is next door to the local WeightWatchers.  There is one business in-between them, but anyone going into or out of either establishment is in clear view of those visiting the other.  I wonder how many people [...]

Higglytown Drones

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

As a new parent, I’ve had the dubious pleasure of becoming familiar with children’s television programming, especially Playhouse Disney.  As far as I can tell, most of the shows on Disney’s morning lineup are harmless.  A few are even entertaining (Bunnytown, I’m looking at you).  The best bits are usually the short programs (e.g. Emily Yeung, [...]

Two new tracks at jamesnotjim.com

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I posted a new track at the JNJ site last night, called “Good Day“.  And I posted one back in April that I never linked here, titled “A Sketch.”  These are both solo-bass tracks, not the usual, fully-produced fare.  They’re sketches, really.  But I think they’re pretty good.  Enjoy.
Hat tip to bassist Simon Little, whose [...]

Web-based diet trackers, compared

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

I struggle with my weight.  Who doesn’t?  (Well, some people clearly don’t, but not anyone I know.)  Keeping track of calories consumed each day isn’t much fun.  I’ve managed it in the past fairly well with a Moleskine notebook and a pen.  But, since I’m a web-based person, I’m always looking for web-based solutions.  I’ve [...]

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