Murphy Server 2008. This is my first Everyman since losing Murphy on February 3rd. I still find myself going through the day with Murphy in my head and heart, making sure I don’t bump into him when pushing back from my office chair, or glancing in the rearview mirror to see him in the back of the Passport. Then I remember he’s not there. On a positive note I recently upgraded my office machines and named my new Windows 2008 Server “Murphy,” so Murph will continue to be with me throughout the day. Here’s a photo of Murphy Dog that captures the love and trust Murphy always showed, sent to me a few days ago by a dear friend during a Vermont visit last year. I still miss my Murphy Dog.
Everything is so amazing and nobody is happy. This was all over Twitter today. I ignored it until I stumbled on it while reading Kevin Kelly on the Nordic Track. Louis C.K. with a laugh-out-loud and positive-minded bit with Conan O’Brien on the overlooked goodness we enjoy from technology. 4:11 of your life well-spent.
Not all failure is good. We in America--to our benefit--embrace the notion that we learn from failure and that we pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and achieve great things the next time. This is particularly true in IT, but not always. Case in point: Ma.gnolia.com. When you fail this spectacularly you shouldn’t think about trying again. Not all failure is good.
The Kindle 2 post of the day. This CrunchGear post has been picked up a lot of places, so you’ve probably seen “10 reasons to buy a Kindle 2…and 10 reasons not to.” I’m mentioning it because of the 139 comments it inspired. I’m always fascinated that people care enough about a subject to spend 10 minutes or more adding their opinion to a sea of other opinion. MY opinion on the Kindle 2, on the other hand, is…
Tried-and-true truths for happiness. Absorbing Zen Habits article on satisfaction primarily because of its tried-and-true truths that we somehow forget. Things like “appreciate loved ones” and “pursue a passion.” I’ve got most of the truths down, but wish I had a better handle on how to “banish negative thinking.” Maybe if I “exercise more.”
Blog Maverick Stimulus Plan Comments. Mark Cuban is funding Open Source startups as an economic stimulus. To get in the game, describe the project in a post comment and Mark will get back to you. Conceptually this is a wonderful idea, but it fails for one basic problem: a lack of comment paging in WordPress. I tried to load this 1868 comment-laden page on three different computers (including a Quad-Core with 6 GB of RAM) and each one choked, hard. Click on the above link to Mark’s post. Your computer choking mileage may vary.
Cake Wrecks. I don’t know about you, but I am very locked-in to my RSS subscriptions. It takes a very special blog for me to add it to my stable of feeds. I found a worthy candidate today in Cake Wrecks after seeing it mentioned by a local Burlington Twitterer. I’m a big fan of Ace of Cakes, so maybe that’s why this blog made the cut. I can still be masculine and have a thing about cake, in case you were wondering.
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