Archive September 2002
Town Painted Red
When Gretchen told me that Brent and Missy wanted to come over to our place to watch Apollo 18 13 on my iMac, I was a bit confused. “Oh well,” I thought. “It'll be good to see them again.” Turns out they were asking us to come with them to see Apollo 18 13 at [...]
NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.1!
If you have OS X, you *NEED* this program. It parses RSS feeds – including our Bits & Bytes. In this revision, the author has included links to Gretchen's blog, this blog, and a handful of other Windows technology sites. You can import and export your subscriptions, so it should be simple to swap stuff. [...]
Gretchen's Childhood Home
My very first (true) digital video production was started and completed in less than a single evening – thanks to the convenience of FireWire and the simplicity of Apple's iMovie. Say what you will about the Macintosh, but it works without forcing you to fuss with anything overly frivolous. When the boys from The Greater [...]
New GnomeTomes!
There's a new set of GnomeTomes – each one is less than $10. “Just the tips, man” for Word 2000 is packed with over 500 of the most obscure and useful Word 2000 tips, tricks and shortcuts. Tips like: ALT drag to select a vertical block of text; press SHIFT F5 to jump to the [...]
Ato Boldon
I'm in the studio with Ato Boldon!
Photos From Iowa
I finally got around to publishing the digital photos I took when I was in Iowa. Unfortunately, I didn't get any from Gnomedex – but plenty of other people did. No worries. Anyway, if you'd like to see what I saw, then take a look at this small collection of memories. Most, if not all, [...]
Sit On My Face
Okay, you asked for it. Not really, but I'm giving it to you, anyway. What? My face. That's right! Now you can have minutes of enjoyment on your Windows desktop with a jigsaw puzzle of the screen-squished Pirillo. How fast can you put me back together? It took the psychiatrist *17* years! And just when [...]
Your Name In Lights
My Beta Brite is plugged in and the Webcam is uploading a new image of it every 30 seconds (whenever the software is turned on). I fed it a few different names earlier today, but am now going to ask you what else you'd like to see added to the mix. Entries must not exceed [...]
My Kinda Guy Kawasaki
“Since 1996, Pirillo's tell-it-like-it-is approach, which is all at once irreverent, humorous, self-deprecating but geekily confident, is winning followers everywhere. The influence of his daily television show on TechTV, his seven daily email newsletters which go out to 350,000 people, his burgeoning eBook publishing business, his annual Gnomedex conferences – are amassing a legion of [...]
In The Middle Of Our Street
Here's a Pirillo exclusive! No, it's NOT an ultrasound – Gretchen isn't pregnant (at least, to my knowledge). I probably won't post this link anywhere else, so that should make you feel more special than you already are. It's a walking tour of Our House (which is, ironically enough, in the middle of our street). [...]
Home Alone
Yes, I see what you're doing over in my wife's blog, Todd and Robyn. For what it's worth, Gretchen does most of the washing, drying, folding, and cooking around here. I do most of the organizing, cleaning, and… computing. What does this mean? Yes, I'll go hungry this weekend. Thank god for delivery. Oh yeah, [...]
In a Haystack
Ugh… I spent half of today in bed. We were dark, anyway. Still, it was difficult to find motivation to do anything other than hit my mental snooze button. Gretchen's gone now, I've eaten dinner (sashimi delivery), and Sprocket is being forced to settle in for the evening. He was outside barking at nothing for [...]
It Bears Repeating
I lay there silent on the sterile table, awaiting the vein drain. I hadn't a morsel since yesterday evening; nothing but water had passed through my system for over twelve hours. If this doesn't give me a clean report, nothing will. “Knock, knock!” The nurse thought she was being cute. “Who's there?” I answered. “The [...]
1,000 Favorite Computer Tips
And in case you missed it, we've finally published a compendium of Lockergnome tips. That's right – a REAL book! Of course, you can also get the sucker in PDF if you'd rather. It became a family project when Gretchen offered to help organize and edit the sucker. Thank you! Over 1,000 helpful pointers have [...]
Gretchen's Birthday
She's going to kill me for doing this, but I have to warn you that tomorrow is Gretchen's birthday. She's turning XX. Oops. Apparently, she's broken those keys on my keyboard. She's also walked away with the W. I'm having to use a pencil to poke its contact. Anyway, I don't know if she'd be [...]
