Everything Else
ATF Defeats Student Ninja
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 12th, 2006
Thanks to vigilant Yoursinwriting.com reader Michaeleen, who emailed me a link to a shocking news story involving one of my favourite things: the age-old feud between Pirates and Ninjas.
The Making of a Morning Person (Day 21)
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 12th, 2006
Two beneficial side effects have come out of this attempt:
- My base wake time has moved back by an hour, and I comfortably (and often automatically) get out of bed by 6am.
- I have an entirely new intimacy with my alarm clock. I now understand how the Nap function and the Snooze timer work. And oh how I use them.
A (nother) Fresh Start
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 12th, 2006
A web host is essentially a landlord for virtual space; where a landlord provides shelter, power, and water, a web host provides hard drive space, email, and makes sure the site stays “up.” A server going down is the equivalent to having your power go out, and the worst possible (but most common) result is that anyone trying to visit your web site gets an unintelligible error message, and thinks your site has folded, or that you are incompetent.
Apologies to the Explorers
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 5th, 2006
It seems I got a bit carried away. In the heat of redesign and late night geeking, I didn’t test my layout in both major browsers: Firefox and Internet Explorer (IE). I use Firefox almost exclusively, and like everything smart and standard, the new design concept doesn’t work in IE.
How To Use RSS
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 4th, 2006
In response to a few questions from friends, I’ve written a short article about what Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is, and how to use it. This one aspect of online geeking saves me many hours a week, and you don’t have to be an ubernerd to use it.
How To Peel A Potato Without a Peeler
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 4th, 2006
This is what the internet is for: useful, fun, surprising facts. The fact that this entry on how to peel a potato in one shot links to a video of a Japanese cooking show should put the Irish to shame.
My favourite part is the build up, where they have a very frustrated woman trying to peel a cooked potato with her fingernails– you keep expecting to hear the late night voice-over come on to try to sell you something.
I wanna go buy some potatoes just to try this out.
The Making of a Morning Person (Day 12)
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 3rd, 2006
I was sure that going back to work would give me the nudge I needed. Nah. In fact, I almost missed my 7am bus.
The Making of a Morning Person (Day 11)
Posted by yoursinwriting in Everything Else on April 2nd, 2006
It was Terence of Andria who wisely prescribed, “Moderation in all things.” About two centuries later, Thomas Becon piped up, “Oh yeah? Including moderation!” Some sense of comic timing.
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