For the most part, I find children’s programming to be insufferable. Watch a few episodes of Barney or Dora the Explorer and you’ll understand what I mean. The mindlessly repetitive music, while no doubt entertaining for my three-year-old son, grates on my sanity. There are exceptions, though. My son’s very fond of Curious George, for [...]
If you work on the web, chances are good that you have a blog or personal website, that it’s been around for awhile, and that it hasn’t done much for your career. A recent survey of nearly 33,000 web professionals over at A List Apart (via Daniel) yielded these interesting statistics: Overall, almost three out [...]
If every year of my life had an ostentatious title, this year would have been the “Year of Personal Finance.” I’ve always had a good head for math, so you’d have thought that I’d already know tons about finance. It wasn’t until just a few months ago, though, that I started really learning my stuff. [...]
Let it never be said that the software engineers over at Google don’t have a sense of humor. Just the other day, I was curious how far my friend Daniel Scocco over at Daily Blog Tips would have to travel if he wanted to attend BlogWorld Expo next week. For those who don’t know, Daniel [...]
I’ve played Thalenir, my blood elf paladin, for about a month. He got into his early 30′s and enjoyed a variety of play styles, including soloing, grouping, and instances. On several occasions, I even had the opportunity to tank instances with him, which was a blast. Unfortunately, I’ve come to recognize a harsh reality that [...]