A Locker Full of Gnomies
Fridays are always fun around LockerGnome World Headquarters. It closes off a week of steady TLDRs (and gives me a chance to recharge my batteries so we can do it all again next week), and Diana and I usually have our date night. This week, my parents are still in town, and my Dad was [...]
Would You Vote Through Social Media?
So it’s an election year, and it’s always fun to imagine ways we could use technology to move the democratic process along — at least beyond how we used it last time around. By the next one (provided the end-of-the-world nuts aren’t correct about this year’s dire predictions), it will be interesting to see what [...]
Facebook Stock? Now I Know How Much My Privacy is (Not) Worth
Beef! It’s what’s for dinner. Sure, I know that Wednesday is supposed to be Prince Spaghetti Day, but sometimes you just need to sink your teeth into a once-living bovine to feel alive, you know? Nothing against spaghetti or its great assortment of extended pasta relations, but noodles just don’t provide the same oomph when [...]
I Love Software! I Admit It!
No matter what operating system I’m using, I’m kind of a software addict. I love it. And I’m not going to promise to quit, because I don’t want to. You can’t make me! No interventions, please. I’m unrepentant. And as you’ll see as you read on, we talked a lot about software today. If you’re [...]
Scoldarobics: Finger Wagging Burns Calories (And Makes You Feel Better)
“Monday Monday, so good to me. Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be…” And what do we ever hope for from a Monday? Do we attack it with gusto, not willing to give up the spirit of the weekend so easily, or do we hide in the back and hope it doesn’t [...]
Social Media Updates for 2012-01-30
Welcome to Gnomies @thefemgeek! – http://t.co/9FAtAUVi # Can solar power, steam, and mirrors change the world? – http://t.co/c04DMRU0 # Welcome to Gnomies @harryslotwiner! – http://t.co/tXN6Varb # Have you followed these 10 tips to improve your YouTube channel? – http://t.co/p7q0nG9x # Welcome to Gnomies @coolsecretspy! – http://t.co/mCInKUWp # Have you ever used an app or social [...]
Is Your Hourly Rate More Than Free?
Wouldn’t life be grand if we didn’t have to pay bills, buy food for our tables (or buy tables, for that matter), or shell out cashmoney for shelter to keep our heads from being rained or snowed upon when the weather’s being less than kind? Heck, it would be nice if we could live in [...]
In the Mumbleverse, I Bathe in Minifigs
Do you hear those voices in my head, or is it just me? They kind of sound like a chorus composed of the offspring of Ethel Merman and Billy Laughlin gulping down a balloon full of helium. Oh. It is just me? That’s unsettling. Recently, I mentioned that we were working on this project, but [...]
What Do You Get when You Mix Espresso and Red Wine?
Mixing uppers and downers, as any self-respecting drug addict will tell you, is totally awesome… or really dangerous. One of those things; I can’t quite recall, as I’ve been drinking alternating sips of espresso and red wine. Wheee! Ahhh. Wheee! Ahhh. I’m not sure if this kind of thing is as potentially hazardous as mixing [...]
Should It Be Legal to Marry Software in the State of Washington?
It’s a taunt heard on kindergarten playgrounds around the world in some form or another every day. “If you love [enter whatever inanimate object here] so much, why don’t you marry it?” In our house, we love quite a few kinds of software (and operating systems), but we’re not quite sure what the legalities of [...]
