Ok.  So I have a few pieces of hp technology in my house. A couple vista computers, keyboards, an all in one printer and a monitor.  And generally I gotta say that they are all mostly great. But here are a couple beefs: The all in one printer driver software and utilities that get installed for my All in One Photosmart 4280 (the only really good thing I can say about this printer is that it was cheap) are absolute garbage: First it had numerous conflicts with my tablet drivers – to which I was able to find many other users complaining about on the web to no avail.  Everyone was...

Feist: Seems to be in the same vein as Rez, Okami, loco roco and other games I like a LOT.

Source: http://buffalobeast.com/  (some intense social commentary on that site by the way).

I gotta think I’d feel at least as stressed as this caricature if I was in his shoes.  Wow, what pressure. Obama gets Mad mag treatment : The Swamp

It wasn’t so long ago that you could fake originality.  You could steal someone else’s technique, or pawn off someone else’s thought as your own.  You could steal someone else’s ideas, their essays etc.  And you could do this virtually unchallenged by grabbing an older book or magazine and stealing a lot of content. Now, plagiarism can be detected via Google in a couple quick searches.  Try blogging about something that isn’t your original thought and wait for the flames to roll into your comments.   Albert Einstein said “The secret to creativity is knowing...

A new one, being promoted in an interesting way to drum up business – through blog posts.  If you talk about it – you get a chance to get a free copy (I think he is giving away 200 of them – so we’ll see if I am in time. I will let you know. Andy, can I get a copy of your book?

Just finished watching the last episode of season 5.  Wow.  I hear rumor that seasons 6 and 7 aren’t as good, which is sad (but those of you that know anything created by Joss Whedon, even his weakest work beats most everything else out there…). We’d watched the entire Angel series on DVD, got addicted to Joss Whedon and then jumped on the Firefly/Serenity bandwagon.  So going back to watch the Buffy series wasn’t much of a stretch. If you’ve never watched it or any Whedon, I’d recommend it fervently.  Couple episodes in particular blew my mind.   One...

I’ve read some about about the topic of body language as it pertains to business communications and poker.  There has been much written on the topic of BS and you don’t have to look very far to find it.  One of the biggest “tells” that you can commit is with your eyes.  Here is a very topical, Canadian example.  Our Prime Minister is in deep doodoo – he’s begging for his political career and he’s trying to suck up to any sympathetic ear that will spare him a few minutes.  Take a look at the recent newspaper photo (scan) at left of him apologizing to the...

She’s got this awesome goth vibe (like a pale gaunt Kate Winslet) with a haunting voice.  Spooky vid too. Here’s one more that’s totally awesome/creative: