Spring in the Midwest

Here are a few pictures from our backyard from about a week ago. Spring in the midwest is very nice; it comes on slowly, over a period of weeks. Every few days there … Read more

Flickr Squared Circle Mosaic Images

Here’s some eye candy I came across at the recent Etech conference. (Visit my eTech archive for more about the conference.) Using the flickr API, jbum has created some interesting mosaic images. Shown … Read more

New Drugs for Women

DAMNITOL Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours. ST. MOMMA’S WORT Plant extract that treats mom’s depression by rendering preschoolers unconscious for … Read more

31 Years and Going Strong

Sheryl and I were married 31 years ago today; I wonder how we did it given that the “Defense of Marriage” act just passed? I wonder if love and friendship and all that … Read more

Transparent Screens

I’m not going to have time in the near future to setup my own transparent screen shot, but these are so cool I had to share what others have done. The image above … Read more

A Visit from Mayor Ron

Mayor Ron Rolander, as part of his voter outreach effort, dropped by the house this afternoon. As those who care about Lindsborg are aware, there are a number of issues being debated during … Read more

Anything Besides eTech ‘Round Here?

If you’re overwhelmed by all the recent eTech postings, you can see our latest travel photos, or view images of our hometown of Lindsborg, (scroll past the political articles) or view some images … Read more

eTech05: Whew!

Wow! I’ve never done anything quite like this before. 27 eTech posts over a 4 day period. Written pretty much in real time, with only a quick scan for outright stupidness before posting. … Read more

eTech05: From the Garage

Mark Fletcher, CEO and founder of bloglines, shared with the eTech audience his experiences with starting a couple of different web services companies. Garage philosophy: * passion for the idea * cheap technologies … Read more

eTech05: Making Web Services Personal

Ben Trott, co-founder of SixApart, the creators of MovableType, presented this afternoon at eTech. Talking on the subject of building personal web services, he talked about building tools for personal use. Remixing of … Read more