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The Atlantic capitalized on the online furor surrounding the Syfy Channels “Sharknado” which hit the air last night at 9:00 PM. The premise of the article can be paraphrased thus: “Uhhh…Twitter? Facebook? Sharknado wasn’t very good.” The thing is, no one thought this movie was going to be good. We didn’t watch it because of …
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I’ve been less prolific on the Eyebrow of late. Many reasons, of course, such as BABYBABYBABYBABY and etc. However, I’ve also detected a strong trend toward microblogging in my current work/life/phone/fun balance. With a few exceptions such as posting some good images (which I haven’t been doing much recently) and the occasional longer piece, I’ve …
Jenn and I haven’t been “nesting” ((A friend introduced us to this term. He asked, “Have you been nesting?” I answered, “What?” This seems a negative term for something that probably everyone does. I mean, it’s a pain in the butt to entirely strip a room, repaint and redecorate. I need a good reason to …
We are three weeks and counting until Jenn’s due date. That’s a bit freaky. Last weekend, our good friend Jessica threw us a Baby Shower here in Marietta (this complements the one we already had in Maine). An interesting twist on this shower was that we had given Babys-R-Us the boot for purposes of shower …
I’m have embarked on a shift in personal computing. I’ve ditched my high power laptop ((“Ditch” isn’t the right word. The three-year-old laptop is running out of oomph for current applications. I’ll keep it around, of course.)) and am going to a desktop and Chromebook instead. The advantage of the desktop (for me) is that …
The Samsung Chromebook I ordered has arrived in the mail. It was almost perfect timing because I was sitting on the couch, crunching through a document on my 8 pound desktop-replacement laptop, when the tiny 2.6 pound kitten-computer arrived. The difference in size and weight is stark and I love it. One item that will …
Photo Supreme Evaluation A few months ago I lamented that Idimager had been discontinued and that I was going to have to figure something out. Photo Supreme is the software that has replaced it and I am inclined to keep going with this stable of products simply to be sure I keep some of the …
Yesterday, we attended a 3 hour class entitled “Becoming Parents”. We learned some things we didn’t know therefore the class was successful. At the beginning the instructor took us through an exercise designed to demonstrate what sort of impact a new child would have on our daily routine. We listed the various activities we did …
May 2013 Note: This was written back in December 2012. It has hung out in the Drafts folder since then. I’m not sure why I didn’t put it up at the time, but here it is now. It’s 2012. In the suburban, broadband-connected world I live in I have high expectations for internet customer service. …
Next week I’m going in for a cortisone injection in my back. The purpose is to break an inflammation/pain cycle having to deal with this and then finish my round of physical therapy. While filling out the standard new-doctor’s-office forms, I was forced to accept several documents before proceeding. These forms were HIPAA and Privacy …