It is not uncommon for us to discuss and debate technology trends in my department, and as an avid user of Google Docs (bias alert), I was alarmed at this article which Scott emailed to me from Wired News. It takes on the appearance being an evaluation of Google Apps and Microsoft Office, but [...]
Entries from February 2007
Going Wired-Less
February 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Daily Grind · Web2.0
Facebook Rants
February 16th, 2007 · 12 Comments
My theme for late on here has been for posting pet peeves. It seems that blogs are good for either disseminating innovative and useful information (of which I have none) and for ranting. So onward we go.
Facebook. One of the more awesome things to happen on the internet in recent history, and definitely the Most [...]
Tags: Daily Grind · Events/ Announcements · Internet
On Christian Perfection
February 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Upon reading A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, Julie turns to me and asks,
Who do you think is cooler, me or John Wesley?
You, Julie. You’re cooler.
Tags: Daily Grind · Good Times
DMV Episode III
February 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
As of 11:15am on February 3rd, 2007 AD, I have made NINE trips to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Or, as they refer to it out here, the Department of Revenue. For historical purposes, I will forthwith call it ‘DMV.’ I first went to the DMV about 18 months ago to get [...]
Tags: Daily Grind
Pet Peeve #17
February 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments
Averages given as ranges. For example,
The average cost of a computer is about $500 - $700.
That is not an average. Now if I had said “What is cost of a new computer within one standard deviation of the mean?” It would be a totally different story. (That was for Kindra and Brooksie). In conclusion, [...]
Tags: Daily Grind · Events/ Announcements