The Occasional Blog

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I haven’t been blogging much. I really want to but just haven’t made the time for it. Sure, I’ve been busy, but is that really an excuse? I’ll try to step it up and have some captive time coming up which may give me ample opportunity.

One of the other reasons for me, appears to be the same for many of my friends: sharing. With Facebook, Google Reader, Twitter, FriendFeed, and related social sites, it has become exceedingly easy to just share a link to an interesting article, video, or picture rather than produce anything yourself. I’m not complaining, I’ve discovered by way of friends many interesting things. It’s just unfortunate that it has become the de facto expression of people (including myself).

If you still blog, kudos to you. Please keep it up. The Internet will become a very boring place if everyone just keeps recycling the same ol’ thing.

• Got a chance to play with the PlayStation Move just now. I really think this will go well for us. It's a blast! #

• For all you stalking needs: http://www.sleepingtime.org/ (@mpeay is more likely to sleep between 11pm and 7am (or 8 hours).) #
• @InSocNews Getting things done while listening to Peace & Love, Inc. via @pandora_radio. #GTD in reply to InSocNews #
• @LisaTickledPink Just for you. http://bit.ly/akHLiS in reply to LisaTickledPink #
• Just registered for #E3 2010. It'll be both interesting and overwhelming again this year, I'm sure. #
• @kcase I totally understand. I trust you to do what you belive is right. I'm between $0 (I'm cheap) and $1000000 (OmniFocus rocks). in reply to kcase #

• After about 18 months of effort, the PO has been sent to the vendor. When it's all done, I'll be getting one of my guys back. *snif* #

• This is a very decent design for an iPhone/pda stand: http://gogostand.com/ #

• @kcase fess up. Will iPhone OmniFocus users get the iPad version free (and update) or will it be a new purchase? in reply to kcase #

• Out and about with my son today. First, looking for Snake Eyes action figure. http://tweetphoto.com/15320768 #
• After haircut, hobby store, and grocery store, over at a friends for some bouncin'. http://twitpic.com/1a41th #

• This is double trouble. http://yfrog.com/2itgqj #
• Clearance? Huh, wonder why? http://twitpic.com/19tac6 #
• You know, I kinda wanna get one of these for the office.  http://twitpic.com/19tdha #
• @vassago but of course. in reply to vassago #
• Classic haunt for lunch with family. http://twitpic.com/19twg9 #

• Just had a really nice conversation with one of the talented sound guys at work. They really are artists. Turn up the speakers and enjoy! #

I’ve been a fan of bookmarklets which are javascript tools you can add to your browser’s bookmark menu (or bar) to extend the functionality of your browser without having to resort to a browser-specific plug-ins. One I ran across recently is called Readability and I find myself using it more and more often. It reformats the current page you are on to a single-column display with all of the extra advertising and layout ‘noise’ to make reading much more comfortable and enjoyable.

Here’s a quick demonstration of how it works. It’s free, easy, and quite nice.

Readability – Installation Video for Firefox, Safari & Chrome from Arc90 on Vimeo.