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Snellipg, Lkie Puncttaliuy, Cnuots
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Who Thinks Three-Day Weekends Should Happen Every Week?
Please don’t take it personally when I say that I wish the weekends could be just a tiny bit longer. I’m always happy to be here, and my energy level usually fluctuates somewhere between that of a truckload of frijoles saltarines and a couple of puppies just before feeding time (not that I’ve got any [...]
Maglev Choo Choos and Angry Facebook Dads
Sorry, everybody. I ran a little late in starting TLDR today because I had a last minute interview. Correction: I ran a lot late. And I apologize from the bottom of my geek heart — but I appreciate those of you who were able to hang out and wait for me. Heck, I even appreciate [...]
Of Good Intentions and Bad Questions
You know that I love you ladies and gents. I really do. But sometimes I think there are a few of you who never got the memo about the right ways and the wrong ways to go about asking questions that will get answers. I know that it’s in vogue to brush off just about [...]
What’s Your Price for Privacy?
Everyone’s got a price! Admit it. If Google offered you a certain dollar (or pound or euro or peso or whatever) amount to install a program that would track your Web surfing habits and other personal Internet traffic data to make it available to various advertisers, you’d do it. Some of us would sell out [...]
Google Me All Night Long or Bing Me (But Don’t You Dare iTouch Me)!
There’s no such thing as an iTouch (at least not as a device that’s made by Apple or for family friendly purposes, I’m guessing)! For that matter, there’s no such thing as an iPod Touch. iPod touch (note the lowercase “t”) is the official Apple designation for the product. If people are going to be [...]
LEGO Bells, Batman Smells, Catwoman Laid An Egg
Hey, look here! I’ve got LEGO superheroes. I’ve got LEGO supervillains. When the lights go out, all bets are off as to what I’m going to find when I return to the home office the next day after a full night of rest. Or, in my case, a few hours of rest. Insomnia is a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
