Confessions of a Digital Packrat

These are some failed slogans with Subversion that we came up with on a CollabNet offsite many moons ago. You can see why we rejected them...

If you've ever talked to me for more than 20 minutes, you've probably heard me say "It's made of meat, so it's good fo...

Kurt Vonnegut died tonight. He was my favorite author. So it goes. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to wa...

Google Maps' newest feature, "My Maps" is totally awesome. Since I lived in Rome for three years, friends and family are alwa...

One way to get me to remember your website is to automatically resize my browser window when your site loads. The fact that my browser wind...

I'm a huge fan of visualizing data. You can show me piles of numbers and I'll just fall asleep, but Pretty Pictures--now that's...

This was published on ONLamp on 08/19/2004. The original should be here . I'm putting all of the articles I've recently published ...

[This was originally written on 2 July, 2003. Still catching up...] "If you haven't missed at least one flight in the last year, y...

[This was originally written on 10 July, 2002. Still catching up...] After my delightful experience with Griffin Technology , I'm well o...

Dear Craigslist Seller who sold me your used DirecTV Tivo, I feel that it is my duty to share with you a few tips on selling a used Tivo: 1....

[This was originally written on 21 February, 2002. Still catching up...] Ever since I was a kid I've loved the Olympics. I can remember...

[This is the second post in a series that I'm doing just to get some old stuff that I wrote up onto my blog. This was originally posted...