A few thoughts from today…
1. We saw this bumper sticker at the beach near my father’s house in Fairfield. I laughed. It reminded me of how many people think the world is “dog eat dog,” and, in fact, it just might be. There is some funny dialogue on this topic in […]
I led a discussion at my office last week on the internet and democracy. Here it is, in all its glory: Internet & Democracy.ppt
Basically, I tried to make the case that democracy is in peril, because newspapers are seeing their business models blow up. Without newspapers, who will watch the watchmen? Answer: we all will. […]
I’m writing this post from my Firefox browser. It’s supposed to be as simple as hitting F8, and then firing off an entry.
Seriously, if you’re not using Firefox, you’re missing out.
Update: it worked. AND, it’s easy to edit entries directly from the browser.
Go download the Scribefire plugin.
In the last 6 days, I’ve flossed 6 times and worked out 3 times. Congratulate me.
If you’re not using Joe’s Goals to track your New Year’s Resolutions, then you’re stupid and incompetent.
Herbietown is actually the best blog on the Internet, but Forksplit is a close second.
This chick writes truthful hilarious stuff about her life and it always makes me laugh. She inspires me.
This is the type of writing that did not have a place before the Internet. Anonymity was too difficult and the local audience […]
I just discovered Joe’s Goals, a website for tracking goals. This is much easier than an Excel spreadsheet, because it can be updated from any computer.
There is now a widget displayed on Herbietown, so all of my loyal readers will know exactly how many times I’ve flossed in the past 7 days. Each […]
I just discovered Spokeo.
If you like to stalk your friends, then this site is for you. Here’s how it works:
Enter your login/pw for your email account (gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc)
Spokeo pulls in the contacts from your address book, and then searches the Internet for all publicly available user-generated content associated with that email. Spokeo searches […]
I just discovered the Webby Awards. I know I’m a little late to the party, but at least I showed up. I wonder how long it will be before Herbietown wins a Webby. Anyone care to place a gentlemen’s bet?
In any event, here are a few cool websites that were nominated for a Webby last […]
I can’t wait to see what will be possible on mobile phones in 5 years. With Apple innovating with the iPhone, Google introducing a new mobile software platform, and Verizon opening its network, the conditions for creative explosion are coalescing. (i forced the third “C”)
Here’s a cool video explaining a new Google maps feature…can’t […]
Loyal readers, may I please have your attention? I am rolling out a new television service. I call it: Herbietown Box Office. I even came up with this original catchy slogan: “It’s not TV, it’s HBO.”
Now you can watch all your favorite Herbietown programming in one convenient place: here.
Also, check the […]
This is a funny video, but I tend to agree with this Techdirt writer’s post.
Direktlink zum Video auf Youtube
The friendly folks at Tuck Computing recently introduced me to SyncToy, and it is AWESOME. It’s a very simple Microsoft application that allows you to easily sync files between multiple computers and hard drives.
If you’re like me, you’ve made several back-ups of your computer, but your hard drive quickly got full. You then spent hours […]
There have been some interesting comments on the last few posts. (Go figure….write something depressing and people will try to make you feel better! :) )
Some of the comments reside on my blog, while others reside in Facebook. I wish I could get them to automatically sync up, so that readers could continue to enjoy […]
My friend Alasdair just introduced me to Book Mooch, a website for trading books. Like all brilliant ideas, the concept is simple: you get 1 point for each book you give away, and you lose 1 point for each book you “buy.”
I just signed up for an account and added 10 paperbacks to my […]
I just made the switch from Blogger to Wordpress. It was painful, but well worth it. Blogger is an excellent tool if you don’t care too much about customization and just want something easy. I switched to Wordpress because I wanted more control over my site. There are hundreds (if not […]
Dean Hansen visited my Ethics class today for a discussion about copyright in the digital age (which is also the topic of my independent study). We discussed a progression of cases that worked through the courts and helped establish current law: from Cherry Auction to Napster to Grokster to YouTube.
The central issue we discussed was […]
I figured out why my independent study (on copyrights in the digital world) has been stressing me out so much: the issues raised are extremely difficult to reconcile for someone with a strong libertarian bent.
You see, I believe that free expression is the cornerstone of an ideal society….I’ve spent a healthy chunk of my time […]
Thanks again to Alasdair for sharing this video with me.
If you know me, then you know that I get REALLY excited about the Internet. Why? Because it is a vast open marketplace of ideas. And it’s finally starting to live up to its potential.
My friend Alasdair introduced me to Bloglines a couple months ago, and I’ve been addicted to it ever since. RSS feeds […]
For the last few weeks, I’ve been doing research for an independent study (on intellectual property rights in the internet era). There has been a flood of news related to this topic in the last 2 weeks, or maybe I’m just noticing it more. Either way, I can hardly keep up with it. I’m going […]
This has to be one of the most original websites I’ve seen.
I’m not going to say anything more just yet (i don’t want to ruin the surprise), but I don’t think you’ll be disappointed if you spend a couple of minutes checking it out.
