http://www.inkernet.com I'm not sure what this is, it's just here... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:18:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good lord, it's August already!?  Well, to be honest, I've been a bit of a hermit this year on purpose.  The outside world's been a scary place, and it feels like I can't turn on the internet (yep, "the news" has become passe') without seeing all sorts of hate spewing ... http://www.inkernet.com/2010/09/02/what-time-is-it/ Please stop with the "slideshows" already. I realize you feel you're doing me a favor not forcing me to scroll up and down long pages of text, by making me click your dhtml icons to flip through content. You even try to appease me with little thumbnails of ... http://www.inkernet.com/2010/03/23/dear-interwebs-designers/ Well, hello there! It's been awhile since we chatted. So, what's new? Over here, it's snow. North Texas has been hit with record snow fall this weekend. More than 12" in some places, we recorded 11" on our back porch. This is more snow than has ever fallen in ... http://www.inkernet.com/2010/02/15/feeling-snowed-in/ I need to keep up my XKCD quotient (see last entry).  Anyhoo, it occurred to me I ought to let anyone still following me know I've survived another year.  It's January, and this bear would very much like to go back to hibernating, thank you.  I often have a dribble ... http://www.inkernet.com/2010/01/05/another-post-for-apologies/ Over at XKCD, a recent comic describes me a bit too accurately.   Take a peek, and substitute Spanish for French, and either books or video games for dreams. Oddly, I don't discuss my own dreams that much.  Few stay with me beyond waking.  But I do love good stories, and ... http://www.inkernet.com/2009/08/14/ive-been-exposed/ Been seeing a lot of conservatives poking at the recent Cash for Clunkers program. Our govt, of course, underestimated the appeal and $1 billion in funds expected to last four months only lasted a week. There is, understandably, much to poke fun at here. What I don't entirely get, ... http://www.inkernet.com/2009/08/05/cash-for-tumblers/ Some hours after wrestling with the daemons of LiveJournal, I peek at my blog to discover my epic failure. In having to delete and recreate my LJ, I've inadvertently spammed anyone who had me on their friends page. I honestly never expected reposting entries back dated to last year would ... http://www.inkernet.com/2009/08/03/epic-fail/ Yeah, real fancy on the titles there, I know.  Well, if you've been watching the craziness this afternoon, I've been blowing up my livejournal real good.  That's because of two things: I actually host all content at my own site: inkernet.com and I've just updated said site to the newest Wordpress, ... http://www.inkernet.com/2009/08/03/important-journal-news-stuff/ Whether it's me or the other guy, I'll let you decide. A side link on Digg led me to the article Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone.  I'll point out now, for full disclosure.  I own a cat.  Oh, and an iPhone, too. So far as I know, the cat is ... http://www.inkernet.com/2009/08/03/todays-stupid/ I was talking this over with a coworker today, so I thought I'd put it out here for dicussion.  My rules of Superhero Movies aren't necessarily proscriptive, but instead describe what Superhero Movies ought to do, if they wish to be successful.  Plenty of movies try to exceed these limitations ... http://www.inkernet.com/2009/06/09/rules-for-superhero-movies/