Sooner or later, every site or application will fail. However the consequences depend not only on how the failure is managed but also on how it is communicated. Recently the web hosting company Media Temple and even Google have well illustrated how hard it is for modern connected organizations to re...

Yes I know that title is a little long winded but this is such a simple service and it is truly awesome. I personally use my Windows Mobile Touch Pro for all my list making and checking. I have shown you how to set up two Windows Mobile phones to sync task lists. But what do you do when you need to ...

Julie at the former blog Letter 9 always wrote so beautifully about her experience with postpartum depression. I linked to her writings more than once and am HUGELY bummed that her blog went KAPLOOEY and disappeared from the universe. (This gives me a near myocardial infarction to think that Postpar...

The Wailers, Mason Jennings, and the God Damn Doo Wop Band jampack this wintry weekend....

If you are planning to rebuild a ’slow’ computer by reinstalling Windows (XP or Vista) from scratch, here’s a pre-installation checklist + some time saving tips. Fix Problems by Reinstalling Windows As a tech blogger, part of my job involves reviewing software which is so interesti...

Back in the day when I sold cars, I worked at two speeds: stop and full bore. When I am into something, I jump in and give everything I can to it...the figurative "110%." Not long after becoming a Postulant here in Milwaukee, I realized that things haven't changed much. I've received a lot of positi...

Who says you have to bask under the sun on a yacht in Belize to look like an heiress? Whether you’re sailing in the Carribean or sunbathing at the shore in Rhode Island, be the ultimate beach bum of the year in style. So scope out my beachy trends checklist for 2008. Don’t let [...] Rela...

Robin Hanson, who I suspect of harboring mischievous1 motives, writes: ….it is really clear male privilege is stronger overall that female privilege in our society? It might be, but as with defense spending I’d like to see some sort of calculation.  A little web search finds a male ...

Motor Speedway of the South? Bring $299, $500, $750, $850, $1,100, Yep, $1,100 USD. Man, I guess they were right about the dollar not being worth anything, why I remember when $1,100 would buy more than 36 CARS, a display case & a track … but hey, I guess I’m just a old geezer who th...

So, now that we’ve all digested the Motor Speedway of the South set (um, hopefully not literally, though that Tach-o-Mint looks good enough to eat) and people wonder whether to open, to display or to bash them, it’s time for the Top 10 “rarest� Pixar CARS in reverse order. This does not incl...