Monthly Archives: September 2011
The sustainable housing solution – Legos
The other night, my daughter and I watched what turned out to be one of the best shows we’ve seen all year. James May, a British television personality, pursues the idea of constructing a Lego house out of absolutely nothing … Continue reading
Some housekeeping
I had a small issue with my domain and hosting, but that’s all resolved now. But if you’re wondering why the first few posts all happened on the same day, I had to move them all from my redirected site … Continue reading
Discussing politics
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. “ – Eleanor Roosevelt Normally, I’m not one for quotes. However, this one was pointed out to me as I was walking through a local grade school. It … Continue reading
Fear leads to confusion
On more than one occasion, my Dad has told me this story, and he swears it is true: One day, the President of his company was walking into their headquarters in downtown Milwaukee. As he was walking in, he noticed … Continue reading
Next time you have to face your boss, start with a haka
A former colleague of mine is from New Zealand. She has a very thick accent (if you’re talking to her in the U.S.), and she’s got a lot of pride in her home. One day at work, she was watching … Continue reading
Learning from failure
Failure can be a scary thing and it doesn’t sit well with many. But sometimes you have to be hard on people so they learn hard lessons early in their life and can cope with tough situations later on in … Continue reading
Thomas Dolby’s “Golden Age of Wirelss” – the first ever A/B split for vinyl
This might more accurately be titled the first a/b/c/d/e split. In website parlance, a/b splits are an extremely common way of testing two versions of a page or design and testing which one better produces the desired result. Back in … Continue reading
Twitter’s legacy
Is it Twitter’s gift to society that we all address each other as “@name” in forums outside of Twitter. I just commented on a friend’s Facebook post, and he responded back by writing “@Jon – …” instead of just writing … Continue reading
Consider the information, not the source
I ran across a great article in the Huffington Post recently about a man named Sal Khan and what he’s doing to revolutionize the way we teach our K-12 students (the article’s a bit old, but I just found it). … Continue reading
