Archive January 2004
Most Valuable Pirillo?
“It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been awarded as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in the category of Digital Media! This award is for your past year of contributions to the community and demonstrated expertise. Being an MVP brings with it a number of advantages, including access to the product team [...]
Social Networking Blues
I'm on Ryze. I'm on LinkedIn. I never touched Friendster. For some reason, Orkut appealed to me. Perhaps its the “in affiliation with Google” tagline? It's getting to the point where we need a Trillian for these types of sites. FriendFan is coming. Microsoft already has Wallop. When will it ever end? How many friends [...]
The Ultimate Software Softie
Since I had to reinstall XP this weekend, I decided it was time to upgrade some of my favorite software, too. Outertech just released a new version of their uber-tweaker; CachemanXP is now running happily in my System Tray with auto-optimizations applied. I also nabbed the latest version of VMware Workstation, although all attempts at [...]
I'm up for a Bloggie
Hot on the heels of a top-ranking Lovemark, I just learned that this weblog's tagline is up for a 2004 Bloggie. At least I'm not up against the almighty Boing Boing again. Regardless, I'd like to wish good luck to Mighty Girl, Rhys Wynne, Sabrina Faire, and Tenth-Muse. May you all prove my tagline incorrect! [...]
Fantastic Freeware Finds
Generally speaking, I like saving the cool stuff for Lockergnome's channels, but I found a couple of nifty tools today that I just couldn't wait to share with the world. First, a Command Prompt Explorer Bar (via Julien Cheyssial). Second, PhotoFiltre – one of the best free image editors I've ever found (courtesy of alt.comp.freeware). [...]
I'm an RSS Addict
A few minutes after Sean told me that Snopes has an RSS feed, I decided to tally my NewsGator subscriptions. Are you ready for this number, folks? 603. And yes, I just cleaned house the other day. How do I keep up with all of 'em. It's simple: I'm a skilled skimmer. I keep each [...]
Germs Be Gone
Yeah, I hired a couple of household engineering experts the other day – and ya know what? I'm gonna do it again in a couple of weeks. Sure beats the heck outta decontaminating everything on my own! They swept through the entire apartment with vacuums and Lysol in hand, taking care of objects high and [...]
Almost Sweet
It's somewhat vindicating to be ahead of the curve. Years ago, I started to do whatever I could to eliminate excess sugar from my diet. Now I'm learning that restaurants like PF Chang's and TGIF's are beginning to offer low-carb menus. Even The Cheesecake Factory is now using Splenda in their desserts! It was difficult [...]
Your Own Handwriting Font
Your prayers have been answered! “Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a computer font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica.” I picked up the link [...]
Oops, I Crapped My Pants
After meeting the author of 'Atlantis, Alien Visitation and Genetic Manipulation' (and subsequently reading it), I've embarked on an intellectual journey that's been… strange, to say the least. As noted in a recent post, I've been diving into similar writings that explore the idea that humans are actually extraterrestrial hybrids. Before you dismiss the idea [...]
