In May of 2010, I signed up for Google Adwords and placed them on my main site, my bookblog, and, once I got it going in December of 2010, on this blog. I never expected to make a living from adsense, much less a fortune. After all, what you earn per click is small, and …read more…
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it’s gonna be a wonderful day…
This is what happens when you try to clean up your hard drive a bit: you find files that seemed terribly important to save at the time, and now you have no idea why you even bothered. A lot of them got binned, but this one seemed happy enough to keep and share. I think …read more…
to boldly go where yeah, whatever…
Something weird happened to me a few years ago. I was at my parents’ house, surfing through the channels they get more or less to justify my position on television: I pay nothing and get about twenty channels, of which only one or two rarely have something worth watching, so why should I pay $50 …read more…
looking forward to getting over “the gap”
I was reading Wil Wheaton’s latest post, and he mentioned this video by Ira Glass: Wow, that really helped a lot! Thanks, Wil! I guess I now have to get something out on a regular basis. Trust me, I’m working on that! BTW, you can listen to This American Life here. It’s a great show. …read more…
How to Get Help from a Help Forum
I participate in a lot of help forums on the internet, and I was recently made a moderator on the Graphene theme for WordPress forum, which has been a tremendous opportunity for me to help others. This post is based on those experiences, both asking for help and giving help. While some of the advice …read more…
don’t know the name of this poem, but it fits this week, apparently
Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty …read more…
mechanical things, apparently…
what scares you? It’s been a heck of a week, and I’m not sure about the current status of a lot of things, but I have figured out one thing that’s definitely sure: I’m not in the mood to like machines. I’ve never really liked machines all that much to begin with, but after working …read more…
upgrade day, apparently…
I’ve been trying to get some computer tasks done in between my OCD duties, like going through my inbox where I have accumulated almost 1300 messages (I know the clipping above says 1233, but I’d already cleaned some out) since I started working at the aluminum factory. So far, I have been asked to upgrade …read more…
why am i not where u want me to be?
or, why I may or may not be coming soon to a school near you… This has been a very strange week and I have not been at all well for most of it, but I want to take a moment here (and hope that I will be coherent for it) and address an issue …read more…
last night’s podcast
Well, folks, I really wanted to post another episode of Cherry-flavored Pez last night, but that didn’t happen, as you can tell. Last night, I got home, started up the Mac, started up GarageBand, and realized that none of my loops were there. WTH? As it turns out, I had done something terribly wrong to …read more…
postmodern paradigms…
I’m still trying to get my head around how to think about this blog. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far: 1) It’s like a television network, with different shows (Project Wideawake, Cherry-flavored Pez, small lucky waffle) that produce new episodes from time to time. 2) It’s like a magazine, with different departments (Project …read more…
Google and Les Paul
When a special event occurs, Google will show a special logo on its home page. Click on it, and it brings up a search on that topic. Today’s special event is the birthday of Les Paul, who was born on this day in 1915. Instead of a picture, it’s a postmodern electric guitar. Drag the …read more…
