Welcome to my new blog, same as the old blog.
I started this blog the easy way: using Blogger.com. But Blogger is weak in several key areas:
a) most important: categories!
Categories applied to articles result in named archives. This is critical for finding articles later, and for accumulating Google cred.
b) Pages: static pages that don’t appear on [...]
Well, I’m not THAT poor, but it is the holidays, and the web design business is always spotty for a freelancer, so the extra $400 and counting that I’m making from selling the “Worst President, Ever” merchandise through CafePress.com is very welcome.
If I go past $500, I’ll donate half the additional proceeds to a good [...]
Thanks for all your comments, including the angry ones!
Yes, I am a bit of a hippie, raised in Northern California. I haven’t smoked pot since college, but some of my best friends do. I find it hard on the lungs. I miss the giggles, though. It also helps with anger management, so maybe some of [...]
You still have to worry about the 37%, but the trend is in the right direction, Bush is in trouble.
Keep in mind, people, that Bush has not vetoed a single thing out of congress, and that means that any blame that goes to Bush, goes to the Republican Party as a whole. Bush may be [...]
Here’s some useful tips for business bloggers via Lifehacker.
And, on a related note: Ten Blogging Hacks from Micropersuasion.
This guy’s doing some cool things: EcoLanguage
These animated diagrams are great to visually show how economics works. He should switch to Flash, so the images are clearer, and larger, without the download time. And a professional voice-over would be good. But this is by far the clearest way to explain economics.
And people need to understand [...]
We wrapped up our DC vacation by going out to Virginia.
Actually, the day started with a trip to the National Zoo. Laura and I found the zoo a depressing place. We saw pandas (the new baby panda was not out in public, yet) leopards, and more. But we were glad when we got a call [...]
After our marathon day (previous post) we slept in a bit, had a relaxed breakfast at Bread & Chocolate, and caught the bus and Metro to the Smithsonian Station (with one transfer, to the Orange Line).
From there we walked to the Air & Space Museum. This place is incredible. The scale is huge. Rockets, airplanes, [...]
After my last post, we’ve done 3 more days.
The marathon day started with a tour bus. The Old Town Trolley left from Union Station. It runs approximately every 25 minutes in two loops that intersect. You can get off and on as many times as you want, for one not-so-low price. One benefit is that [...]
The American History Museum is really amazing… it goes on and on, has hugely significant stuff in it, and is really fun. The most fun was Julia Child’s kitchen. They took her real kitchen and moved all its contents into the display. You look into the kitchen through glass doors, and see how the most [...]