This blog post is going to take me forever to write, partly because it has given me a lot to think about, and partly because I’m a fool and am trying out the Dvorak keyboard. The other day, Randy Cassingham talked about his love of the dvorak keyboard. He talked it up so much that …
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Creepy Phone Scam
Here’s a creepy scam from Snopes. It’s running rampant in the UK, but who knows who might start it up here. someone calls up and says he’s from British Telecom. He says you owe on a bill and he’s going to cut you off if you don’t pay. If you still don’t believe him, he …
What We Learned On Our Journey To VC Version 2.0
Woohoo! Why am I cheering? Because most of our work to update our blog and bring it into the present is over! Yeah! Actually, all the work on the current stuff is done. Now there are just things we want to do. And no blog posts were harmed in the implementing of this new design. …
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GDB And Vet Forms
Here’s a little heads-up to all GDB grads out there. I’ve heard from Grad Services that GDB will no longer be mailing out those annual vet forms. Don’t get the wrong idea. They will still cover the annual checkups and they will help you with other stuff if you need it, although everything over and …
Food Basics Flyer Info
I get a lot of my groceries at Food Basics. A while ago, I wanted to read their flyers. So, I went online, and quickly discovered that their online flyers were nothing but images. Sure it looked like there were words there, but all those words were part of an image. JAWS cannot interpret images. …
Solona Update
Remember when I talked about Solona and how clunky it was? Well, it’s now gotten significantly easier. There is now a screen capture tool that will grab the image and save it to a file automatically for you. Then you just have to upload the image, refresh until you get a result, and there ya …
Googlegroups Goo
Something happened to me the other day that made me wonder how many other people have had the same experience, and how many could use a little advice if it does happen to them. I have a google account, and it’s signed up to a few google groups. I was automatically subscribed to a group …
Solona
God I hate not being able to sleep. I’ve been awake since about quarter to four this morning, and I eventually got up at about 4:15 and tried to burn myself out. didn’t work. You’d think this was Steve writing this post, but nope, it’s me. And I’m not even preparing for a life-changing event …
Google Maps Just Got Cooler
I just discovered the coolest thing! I had no idea, but google Maps has a feature where you can figure out how to get from point a. to point b. via public transit! How awesome! I don’t know how long this feature has been in existence, but I’m abig fan. I would always recommend trying …
Me? Saving For when I Get Old?
I’ve been meaning to write about this all week, but for one reason or another, I couldn’t do it. Now I guess I’ll try. For a while now, I’ve been thinking that I should probably be putting away some money in some kind of a savings plan. Hopefully before I’m 65, I manage to get …