So it looks like Google is now using a new logo on their “ig” start page, rebranding it as “iGoogle”. I saw the logo when I got online tonight, and then a quick search led me to this (more).
Personally, I think this is a pretty lame name. I thought Apple was the only one still prepending words with the letter “i” to create a brand. That’s so 1999. [;)]
Regardless of the name, it’s still my home page.
http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/ (via Seth)
BTW, it was very painful for me to type “definately” in the title. I hope you can appreciate the humor. [;)]
Today, a co-worker mentioned that he was going to get a haircut tonight after work. I mentioned that I normally go about 2 months between cuts. Considering that I have short hair, he thought that was a long time so I explained my thought process.
Week 4 (since my last haircut): I start thinking, “It’s about time to get a haircut.”
Week 5: “Hmmm, it’s about time to get a haircut.”
Week 6-7: “I really need a haircut.”
Week 8: I try to make an appointment, but can’t get one thats convenient.
Week 9: I finally go out of my way and just get it taken care of.
Week 10: “My hair is too short.”
If you subscribe to my feed in RSS, you may be interested to know that the address has change to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tapmymind. From what I can tell, if your RSS reader supports redirects (which I imagine most do these days), you shouldn’t have to change anything. If not, however, you will need to switch to the new address.
I decided to try FeedBurner because they offer various statistics that might not otherwise be available. Plus, all the cool kids are doing it. [:)]
So I just upgraded to Community Server 2007 today, and I’ve been using Windows Live Writer for my last couple posts. This is my first test of the two in combination.
One thing to note, in WLW I tried to update the style of my blog, but it failed for some reason. I may look into it later, but in all reality it’s not that important for me to see my posts in the same exact layout as they will appear after publishing. Also, I still want to update the skin from the default one being used, but I’m not sure when I’ll get around to that.
One gripe I having about using WLW is that adding categories (tags), while easy enough to do, is obscure enough to make it easy to forget. It’s not really obscure, just not front and center. Oh, well. I imagine it will just take a little time to get used to it.
Update: For some reason, after I restarted WLW a few times, the “Update Weblog Style” function began working. Also, be sure to remember (like I didn’t) that by default CS removes the www from your URL, and that was causing problems with WLW finding the MetaBlog API (since I had changed that on my previous CS install and hadn’t changed it again on the new version).
So, what is it?
I added my piece, but it’s in a lousy location. You can’t even really tell it’s there. Five points* to the first person to find it!
* Points have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for anything with any cash value. Basically, I might as well have offered five billion points — you’re not really going to get anything for it. However, you do have the privilege of saying that you got the points, and that’s worth something in and of itself.
(via Sahil Malik)
I don’t IM much these days due to work load, but I still do every now and then. When I do I primarily use Windows Live Messenger (aka MSN).
Well, I just saw this program today and figured, why not. Just by adding a few characters to my personal message, Microsoft will donate some amount to the charity of my choice (from a list of charities). I’m sure it’s not a ton of money being donated per IM conversation, but since it doesn’t take any more effort on my part, I might as well have my IMs make a difference. It would be nice to see how much is being donated to each cause. I wonder if that is something Microsoft would be willing to share?
So, anyway, if you’re a WLM/MSN user, why not take 60 seconds that could end up donating at least a few bucks to some worthy cause?
It’s time for stupid blizzards with lots of stupid snow and stupid shoveling and stupid drifts and stupid wind and stupid drivers and stupid cold wet socks because the stupid snow was deeper than the stupid tops of your stupid shoes. Yeah it’s time for that.
That, and my birthday. Yeah. Another year older today. As a former student of mathematics (B.S., Applied Math), this year is kind of “fun” because it is one of those rare it-will-only-happen-6-times-in-your-life years. The last time it happened was when I got my drivers license and the time before that I was in third grade. Oh, and when I say “fun” I mean that in an “I don’t get out of the house enough” sort of way.
Yes, I’m 32, or 25. The next time my age will be a power of two is when I turn 64 (26), in 32 more years. I can hardly wait (sigh). That party better be huge!
Anyway, snow is stupid and so is getting older, but on the bright side, 32 is a fun number and I get to have a steak tonight for my birthday dinner.
Unless it keeps snowing.
Then all I have is the fun-ness of 32.
Woo hoo! [<:o)]
My site, www.tapmymind.com, is “more Web 2.0” that Google (www.google.com) according to the Web 2.0 Validator.
So where are my billions?
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