Archive for December, 2008
As the new year closes, and I have (nearly) cleaned my apartment, I now reflect on what people say every year- Happy New Year!
That’s why I put up this Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: January 2009, something I look forward to every month. It’s almost like “Happy New Month!” It’s definitely not my favorite, but it [...]
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The last of these for 2008…
Some tech tops for the end of the year.
Top 100 Products of 2008 – ReadWriteWeb
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008
Food for thought.
Important work can be done while daydreaming Try to ignore that creepy little brain drawing, if you can.
How to Press the Reset Button On Your Life A good idea for [...]
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merry… happy…
First, this is where I found the wallpaper. As for as Christmas wallpapers goes, this one is quite nice. More tasteful than man out there. I’ll probably use it again next year, just for these couple days, since I usually use monthly wallpapers.
I don’t know what other insights I have had about this say in [...]
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Adagio Teas I lone tea. It’s good for you.
Embracing the Thrift-Store Ethic 18 Top Tips for Buying Used Clothes Good stuff to now, since I have been looking in those sorts of places lately, and why not?
Giz Explains Everything You Need to Know About Hard Drives See what’s inside your computer?
From the BBC:
Health Internet use [...]
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Video journal?
I discovered, after receiving this new computer, that there is a webcam attached to it, right above the screen. I didn’t know that it was going ot be there, Because I was looking at all of the better, more powerful elements. This presents some interesting possibilities.
I had thought occasionally of getting a webcam and making [...]
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Five PC power myths debunked Always good to know, came around the time I bought my new computer (starting fresh).
Dealzmodo Hack Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool I still use them for storage, but with all that online space, it’s good to know there are other sues.
Remindr Set the date [...]
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new computer, old problems
Well, I finally got my new computer, finally. I ordered it over the internet last week, but it seemed like forever. I did like ordering that way, i could go through everything and get what i wanted for the price. it worked better because i could see all the technical details without all of [...]
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Is it going to rain?
I couldn’t wait for the sites of the week to put this one up: Is it going to rain?. it is sort of like Umbrella Today?,which I see now has cell phone alerts. (I might have put this one in a site of the week, but I don’t remember.)
Interestingly enough, they both give opposite results. [...]
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sites of the week 1.12-7.12 2008
Posts from the Tip Of The Day Category at Green Daily The one about the napkins made me decide to put this one up.
Solve Puzzles for Science Foldit Use your computer’s idle moments for a good scientific cause.
Pacecar – Faster, more focused reading online Gives focus to your reading. Not as good as ZAP [...]
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it’s cold again
As if I didn’t write enough posts last year about the weather, right?
Well, winder has come— not astronomically, but tell that to my thermometer. Last winter was just awful, one day it would snow a foot, then the next it would be nearly 0° or just above or below. Well, I got bent all out [...]
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