Technology in the Land of The Snark
Published October 17, 2009 | 
As the people here grow colder / I turn to my computer / And spend my evenings with it / Like a friend.
I was loading a new programme / I had ordered from a magazine: / Are you lonely, are you lost? / This voice console is a must.
I press Execute.
– kate bush
I keep saying I’m going to get this review done, but then I find myself getting dragged away to do something else. That happens sometimes. It’s life. Sometimes I find myself simply thinking about so many other things that it’s hard to focus on the stuff I should be thinking about. That’s life too. In that regard I don’t think I’ve changed since elementary school. It seems my attention is often captured by something going on outside the window… Wait.. Did I use the word “I” again? It must be another case of rampant narcissism.. That’s life too as it happens.
Sun Shine
Published September 9, 2009 | 
Well, who are you? / I really wanna know
Tell me, who are you? / ‘Cause I really wanna know
– who
Here’s a kayak I’d never seen before. Check out that hull shape. It’s a “Sun” which apparently is or was a Riot Kayak at one time. Other than that there is really not much information within the grip of Google’s long bony fingers.
The last few days I’ve been tucked in around home working on a few various projects including an update of my busy website, DevilsLakeWisconsin.com which has in the range of 200,000 visitors a month during the peak summer season and slims down to a mere 60,000 or so in the winter months. The Devil’s Lake website is a perfect combination of business, life & pleasure as it helps me pay for groceries, Continue reading
Twitter Digest 05-04-09
Published May 5, 2009 | - A few days off is a good thing!.. A hacker and a blown video card are not.. Welcome to another quixotic Monday.. wait..is that how it goes? 07:34:22
- Wasn’t Freya Hoffmeister’s Crossing Amazing!? http://twurl.nl/t02y72 07:43:32
- Pirates ‘aint what they used to be.. http://twurl.nl/z0yv1g 07:45:34
- Wolfram Alpha.. Well, it just sounds cool.. Coming soon.. check the blog – http://blog.wolframalpha.com/ 07:50:11
- RT @PembaServes: Wisconsin Parks feeling the recession budget cuts, even as park use increases. http://bit.ly/E9mG5 (via @urbanwilderness) 07:59:50
- It’s simple really.. the world is a wonderful place.. there are just lots of bad people that sometimes make it suck… 08:39:17
- Meanwhile in the Devil’s Lake area – http://tinyurl.com/dfygmc 08:57:19
- Just added at WisDells.net – Dells of the Wisconsin River – http://twurl.nl/ffwpaf 09:00:14
- RT @PembaServes: United has raised the price of taking a bike overseas from 0 to $200 May 1! Golf clubs are still free! Kayaks? LOL! 09:01:21
- So my hacker took down devilslakewisconsin.com for issues they have with the US & Israel.. Devil’s Lake?? hmmmm 10:18:54
- Quix Blog – It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times… http://twurl.nl/1faj0r 11:47:05
- nothing like a few miles on the bike. . . .(to remind you how old you’re getting!) 15:34:08
- Local Note: Wed 6pm Friends of Mirror Lake State Park Meeting. Held at the Park Office. http://www.mirrorlakewisconsin.com/ 15:39:40
- What it must look like when real athletes paddle. . . http://twurl.nl/msmt7q (just ignore the sail) 16:33:39
- RT @hardwear: RT Help Leave No Trace show its Board of Directors how powerful Social Media really is! – http://tinyurl.com/cgp2f9 Please RT! 17:19:36
Quixing on Twitter
Published March 12, 2009 | 
Frankly I had to stare at twitter for a few days…weeks…months… before I could figure out what to do with it. Twitter in some ways is blogging for the ADHD generation. Note that generations are now about 3 years apart! But then I realized there were lots of little tidbits that I never mention simply because they are not worth writting a long blog about like, say. . . “What’s REALLY up with RIOT?” or who won the Popular Mechanics Tape test. . (Not Duct Tape!) or to post basic paddling tips or even to randomly riff on a line from the “Walrus and the Carpenter”. Anyway, I’m quixing on Twitter now. Ignore or follow however which way you wish. Latest “tweets” and blog posts are always right on the homepage of the site.
This is major Tom to ground control, I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
Here am I floatin’ ’round my tin can far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do – bowie