Affluenza: Rampant consumerism erodes us – Yahoo! News Wil Shetterly expounds on the religious ramifications of screwing poor people, and what Congress isn’t doing about it (but hopefully will). The result of Shetterly’s post reminds me to go check out some of the microloans seeking sponsorship over at Kiva.org. One-to-one microloans for as little as […]
iSync stops recognizing my cell phone
It’s like the fun with iSync just never ends. I have a Nokia 6682 cell phone with service from Cingular. This thing, despite being my third unit due to defects in the previous two, is terrific. It does it all. Video, photos, Symbian apps– and it syncs with my Mac like a dream! Or, it […]
Speedlinks du jour from a blog carnival
My post about the Paperless Office made it into the Working at Home Blog Carnival today– very cool! And then it hit the “Best of” carnival over at On the Moneyed Midways. Awesome! And then a few that I found to be “must reads,” from the Working at Home blog carnival: Seth’s Blog: Can’t vs. […]
Some stuff to check out:
[I swear, I’ll start compiling these into a daily speedlink roundup…. someday.] Via boingboing, we have an excellent excerpt from Scott Kirsner’s new book about online video: Sites that Pay for Web Video: From CinemaTech And my article “What to Consider When You are Thinking About a Career Move” is currently being featured on the […]
Robert Anton Wilson memorial celebration February 18
From Boingboing….. why am I not surprised this is happening in my backyard? Robert Anton Wilson memorial celebration February 18: Mark Frauenfelder: Here’s a public announcement for the upcoming Robert Anton Wilson Memorial: Join Together at the Robert Anton Wilson Cosmic Meme-Orial & Lasagna Levitation Celebration! Hail Eris! All Hail Bob! RAW DATA: Where: The […]