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ping

2012-02-15T09:40:00.001-06:00

ping

Pandas are cool

2011-10-28T10:13:00.003-05:00

Just sayin'.

Character

2009-01-18T11:54:00.001-06:00

"Whatever you do repeatedly will shape your character."
--some Buddhist

Padibe Blog - SummerCamp08

2008-12-02T14:39:00.000-06:00

Please check this out:

http://summercamp08.wordpress.com/

Money and Family Values - Part One

2008-10-07T13:07:00.003-05:00

If the GOP wants to preach about Family Values, they would do well to consider this:

A family earning $25,000 per year is twice as likely to divorce as a family earning $50,000 per year.

I'll delve more into this later, but in the mean time, please read this article from the Economic Policy Institute (and keep in mind that costs have gone up since it was written four years ago)

Basic family budgets: Working families' incomes often fail to meet living expenses around the U.S.

Living Paycheck to Paycheck?

2008-10-03T10:50:00.002-05:00

I hate to say it, but I am. There's no excuse for that in my case. So this caught my eye:

http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2006/06/paycheck.html

Oops

2008-08-05T17:27:00.004-05:00

I'm at a international blahbety-blah conference in Las Vegas to give a presentation. Just completed it.

As a reminder to myself and to others, don't forget the basic rules of public speaking:

Ignore the ladies up front making ugly faces and focus on the people who want to hear what you've got to say.
S-L--O--W D---O-----W-------N
Practice practice practice. When you're done, practice some more.
Get good sleep the night before.

So I could have done better. But there were some people with questions and positive feedback . That makes thing easier.

Testing the mobile waters

2008-07-15T00:10:00.001-05:00

There's really nothing important. To say in this entry. Just trying to
see if I can send a post via email on my mobile.

Sent from my iPhone

I'm Guessing These Parents...

2008-07-09T14:20:00.000-05:00

...had to clean their shorts

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,564890,00.html

How do your rights rank?

2008-07-03T16:40:00.004-05:00

YouTube has been ordered to hand over the viewing habits of *every* user. Video watched, user id, IP address from which you watched it, and more.

Interestingly, Viacom had demanded the source code for YouTube, but the court said that handing over Trade Secrest was unwarrented.

Nice to see where We the People's priorities are.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7488009.stm

It's crap like this that makes me think that big media companies need to ... switch off.

self-inflicted torture

2008-06-09T23:58:00.003-05:00

log into myspace. "you have new friends". click the notice. wait 3 minutes. "cannot find page".

gargh! how can you people stand myspace? and why do i even go there?

I did NOT just ask that, did I?

2008-06-09T23:24:00.002-05:00

"Hey, that's Kurt Vonnegut. Wonder why he's got a cameo in this?"

That was me, yesterday, while watching watching "Mother Night" (1996, starring Nick Nolte).

Thank god I was alone.

(Yet Another Brit-Rock) iTunes Free Download

2008-06-03T16:51:00.003-05:00

For those who like the Wombat's "Let's Dance to Joy Division" - it's the free download of the week at iTunes USA

We Ain't Hicks

2008-04-13T02:28:00.003-05:00

I can't tell you how many times I've been taken aback when I'd see Milwaukee -- or more accurately, it's people -- depicted in the movies as a bunch of backwater hicks. ("Love Actually" being one example.) It does not mesh with what I see every day. Granted, we're no Paris or Berlin, but surely we're not that bad, are we? How did we get that image? What did the outsiders see? I think I figured it out. And I have a new rule: *NEVER* take visitors to the Cactus Club in Bay View. I think I'd find less facial hair at a ZZ Top show in the Appalachians.

Crazy Eights

2008-04-09T21:55:00.002-05:00

If you use a Mac, you use Apple's Pages, and you have to export your document to PDF, then here's a little tidbit for you:

Futura 8-point font will come out U-G-L-Y on the PDF, with decidedly jagged text. Increase your size to 9 points and your letters will be smooth as silk.

You Can Pay, But It'll Cost You

2008-04-01T00:11:00.005-05:00

I've wondered about Hillary's campaign advisor. Why have Clinton stick it out until the bitter end? She's only looking more and more rediculous as the days go by. Why the problem with ending the campaign a little early? Now I get it...

Holy Squeezebox, Batman!

2008-03-25T23:20:00.003-05:00

Wow...

This is hard enough to play on an organ...

(If you can't see the video, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmajjf5WKE)

Padibe Essay

2008-01-24T10:19:00.001-06:00

http://www.berkeleyprize.org/essay/2007/essays.cfm?winners=815

Hoo Ha

2008-01-10T19:55:00.001-06:00

Turns out that Supergrass is offering free download of Diamond Hoo Ha Man
performed live.

http://www.parlophone.co.uk/supergrass/download/

Yippee

Hoo Ha Wha?

2008-01-10T10:34:00.001-06:00

Ok. I like it. I shouldn't, but I do: "Diaomond Hoo Ha Man" by Supergrass.

The single on vinyl is due out next week (14 jan). The CD is out 24
march. No good... I want it now!

Pete is Free

2007-10-24T08:30:00.001-05:00

Judge suspends final six months of Doherty's supervision.

http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2198192,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Little things add up...

2007-10-19T14:43:00.000-05:00

For anyone, who like me, wants to start making wise decisions with their money, a few links...

It's about the little things we do and how they hold us down. It matters. One of the things that I know about most millionairs is that -- contrary to popular opinion -- is that they are not spoiled recipients of daddy's money. They earned it themselves. And while most make a pretty good income, what separates them from the non-millionairs is that they watch what they spend. They clip coupons. They buy their clothes from Target or JC Penny. They buy used cars. They buy small houses. And they don't go to Starbucks for coffee.

SO... enjoy.

Little Splurges

10 Little Expenses that Add Up Fast

Save Big with the Flashback Budget

Suburbia

2007-10-18T16:27:00.001-05:00

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the
streets after them.
- Bill Vaughan

Flock

2007-10-16T13:49:00.001-05:00

Just testing to see if this successfully published.

Blogged with Flock

Smelly Onions

2007-10-16T13:44:00.001-05:00

Dude, what are you doing, peeling onions?

What is it with these guys? Why do our IT help desk guys insist on bringing the most obnoxious-smelling foods to their cubes?

This is just painful.