Archive for 'Random Thoughts'

How many balls do you have in the air (and is that an awkward feeling?)

Yes,, I’m sure it would be an awkward feeling (if you’re not laughing at the title,, you’re too stressed by the way). Relax the hoity toityness (holy crap the spell check didn’t react to that at all). Just get off your ass and do the 1 big thing first.  That means don’t worry so much [...]

Wordle,, totally unnecessary,, but fun

My wordle cloud

I came across Wordle this morning as I stare out into the beautiful Maine greenery (I’m in Maine for a conference my wife is attending/holiday/getting my own work done (results pending)). Then Wordle.net popped into my crosshairs. In a word,, it’s useless, and needless, but it sure is fun and pretty and, if you’re a [...]

Organizing your feeds, a.k.a. Brad Feld knows his stuff.

I’ve been reading Brad Feld’s stuff for quite some time (he’s a V.C. in colorado who runs really far, and does cool stuff all the time). He’s got a great piece related to an article by Josh Kopelman about “Feed Frenzy” and what to do about all our feeds. Brad accurately distills the info Josh [...]

Food is a totally reasonable topic,, my ribs recipe.

Food is a totally reasonable topic,, my ribs recipe.

So last weekend I made my pork ribs. I cook because it’s fun, a great way to be creative-ish, and well,, you get to eat it when you’re all done. Oh yeah, and being coated in hickory smoke is an aphrodisiac (ask my wife!) (hang on a sec, eating raw chocolate chip cookie dough, don’t [...]