Another Brightkite break
Jacob Burke, like me, is taking a Brightkite break. His reasons are very close to my own. He writes: "There are things about the site that had me hooked for quite a…
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Random 60: How many different kinds of fruit have you eaten?
[viddler id-c7f9af6a h-280 w-420] Random 60: How many different kinds of fruit have you ever had? Favorite on Viddler. Did you catch that? Right in the middle of today's Random 60 I…
The WordPress Help Center
From the "why hasn't someone done something like this until now" category comes Crowd Favorite's latest venture; The Wordpress HelpCenter. Alex King, who has been hacking on Wordpress even longer than I…
Why I’m not blocking the DiggBar, yet
If you haven't heard of the DiggBar, and the hoopla it has created over the last week or so, allow me to fill you in. The DiggBar is a new feature of…
Random 60: How would you use The Force?
[viddler id-4fea0a7c h-280 w-420] Random 60: How would you use The Force? Favorite on Viddler. My friend Chris Coleman and I, from Panera Bread, discuss what we'd do if we had The…
Weigh in: April 14, 2009
Well, I've got good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first? Ok, I'll give you the bad news first. The bad news is that I didn't have a…
A blog by any other name
This personal blog of mine has been around for a long time. It started in 1996 but it wasn't called cdevroe.com then. Over the years it has, for better or worse, transformed…
Random 60: Getting songs stuck in your head
[viddler id-42f6c806 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Getting songs stuck in your head Favorite on Viddler. Today's random 60 topic was suggested by Sam. Thanks Sam. Have you ever had a song stuck…
Random 60: Game systems
[viddler id-52419522 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Game systems Favorite on Viddler. As it stands I have, setup and working, an original Nintendo, Xbox 360 (which I use for Connect360), and a Nintendo…
Flickr isn’t as big as you may think it is
Every now and then someone will bring up Flickr's size in conversation. When that happens I usually find that people generally think Flickr is much larger than it really is. The brand…
How to take better photos – Kyle Slattery
Kyle Slattery, friend and coworker who is studying in Germany this semester, recently wrote "How to take better photos" which is a small compilation of tips that he's gathered over his few…
Random 60: Tons of notebooks!
[viddler id-c20ff788 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Tons of notebooks! Favorite on Viddler. Ruled, unruled, graph, small, large, single subject, multiple subject, drawing, sketching, and loose leaf. I seem to have notebooks for…
Taking a Brightkite break
I've decided to take a short Brightkite break. I have a laundry lost of things that I would love to see Brightkite do (search my site for Brightkite) and it has been…
Carbondale, PA Music & Wine Festival
I'd be remiss not to mention that Carbondale, Pennsylvania is having a Wine & Music Festival on June 20, 2009. Mayor Justin Taylor, who is pretty active on Facebook, created a Facebook…
Random 60: Laptop or Desktop?
[viddler id-93f0ad3 h-357 w-420] Random 60: Laptop or Desktop? Favorite on Viddler. Laptops are more powerful today than the computer used to launch the Space Shuttle in the 1960s. That is a…
Twitter should buy Bit.ly (or, Yes! URL shorteners DO suck)
So the Internet is (was on April 3rd) ablaze with the talk of how bad URL shorteners are ever since Joshua Schachter, the guy that built and sold del.icio.us, jotted down his…
Drawing demo by Lynne Margulies
While browsing through some of Viddler's archives today I ran across this drawing demo by Lynne Margulies (lynnemargulies on Viddler). It is in three parts (maybe Lynne isn't aware of Viddler's 500Mb…
How to create a new habit
Somewhat related to this week's weigh in, where I mentioned habits, I found two good resources for striving to rid yourself of old habits and creating new ones. Installing a new habit…
Juice that tastes and feels like fruit
Naoto Fukasawa, a name I dare not pronounce around little children, is an industrial designer from Japan who decided to redesign some juice boxes to make them look and feel like their…
Minas Tirith made of matchsticks
As I'm finishing my re-reading of The Two Towers, and will be revisiting this grand city made in the side of a mountain in a few pages, I can't help but link…
Random 60: Calendars
[viddler id-d136482e h-357 w-420] Random 60: Calendars Favorite on Viddler. I don't know about you but I love calendars. If I didn't self-impose a limit of two my wall would be filled…
Weigh in: April 6, 2009
I'm happy to report that I did much better during this second week of the diet than I did during the second week of the diet back in June 2006 (Wow, has…
Random 60: Dear American Idol, ditch the lip syncing, please.
[viddler id-1915991c h-280 w-420] Random 60: Dear American Idol, ditch the lip syncing, please. Favorite on Viddler. I'm really sick of the group performances on American Idol. Maybe they wouldn't be so…
Random 60: Nice weather
[viddler id-207549f3 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Nice weather Favorite on Viddler. Today was a beautiful day in northeastern Pennsylvania. It hit 70 degrees! Although I didn't have the chance to go for…
Learning to play Bridge
I'm not very much into playing "mindless" board or card games that rely on the right card falling at the right time. Which is probably why I enjoy playing Poker so much….
Random 60: What is your idea of a vacation?
[viddler id-5af73cd9 h-280 w-420] Random 60: What is your idea of a vacation? Favorite on Viddler. Vacations mean different things to everyone. For some it means a trip to the beach. A…
How to turn weight gain into weight loss, and a slight change to The Diet
The entire purpose of The Diet is to help myself, and everyone else on the diet, stay motivated to get to a healthy weight and stay there. Usually this goal is somewhat…
Mandy Brown on feeding/reading
Mandy Brown exquisitely compares reading books to both reading feeds online and cooking bread. Her final paragraph sums up her post nicely. "In our own time, I wonder if the very slowness…
Random 60: Cheap cookies
[viddler id-c7449109 h-280 w-480] Random 60: Cheap cookies Favorite on Viddler. I love cheap cookies. The cheaper the better. They are easy to find. Walk into your local grocer and look at…
\”Just beginning to use wheels\”
Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which I've mentioned a few times before) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in…