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Month: February 2005


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NaNoWriMo

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I almost forgot. A serendipitous trip to B&N netted a book I’m sure both J– and I will live to regret buying, No Plot, No Problem. As a writer (went to school, got degree), it goes against every instinct, class, experience, and method I can think of. Basically, you have 31 days to write 50,000 […]

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Off

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Hopefully not IDing myself too much, but I’m off to Portland for the week. First time to that state (guess which), so it should be fun. I may blog from there if anything warrents it. Until then, make sure you check out the other side of YKWP.

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Memo to Six Apart

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I know everyone picks on MT for comment spam. They tend to get the Microsoft treatment about their products. They are the no.1 standalone blogging software, it’s only logical they would be targeted by spammers. That said, however, it still irks me to no end that they haven’t implemented some real tools to fight the […]

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Those who can't, communicate

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Communications is not for everyone. I know that’s not the most profound statement you’ve read today, but it is one of those things that needs to be said more often than it is. Communicating is difficult, challenging in a way that many people cannot grasp. It’s not language, it’s not grammar, it’s not even verbalizing […]

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Make Your Own Font

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This seems like a lot or detail work to do on the web, but maybe I’m just lazy. Make your own font (as in draw it), and then download it as a True Type font to use. Cool idea; little iffy on the execution. If you’re really into fonts, you can have your handwriting made […]

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Spyware buys legitimacy (or, AdAware sells out its users)

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Broadband Report users are fuming (rightfully so) over Lavasoft’s new comfort level with the WhenU program, an adware app that suddenly wasn’t being detected by AdAware. No notice was given, no patch was availble. Oddly, WhenU also cut deals with other spyware removal apps at the same time Lavasoft’s product changed, but Lavasoft has yet […]

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Politics and Business

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Why do people find the need to associate their businesses with their politics? Aside from a few, lucky people, mixing your personnel politics with your business is just plain stupid. Business is about conversations and by asserting your political views to a potential customer, before you’ve even started a conversation, is akin to leading off […]