I remember the 2000 primaries. Al Gore was battling Bill Bradley. I don’t remember all of the details, but specifically, I remember feeling guilty after the election. I thought, Bill Bradley would have been a better candidate. Right now, I am having deja vu. Is Barack Obama the new Bill…
Forums have led a strange existence on the web for a long time. I have seen the evolution from AOL and bulletin boards to more sophisticated technologies with lots of features. The problem is, I feel that forums have not evolved and become more useful. My favorite type of forum…
Recently, we got the Wii for the family. It has been a really interesting and well designed experience so far. Alot of great innovations are baked into this thing. The last week, we added a few new features. First, I downloaded the internet channel. The Wii connects to our family…
Apparently a very old post of mine is on StubleUpon. Wow, this is from December of 2005. This link drove almost 200 visitors to the page. I haven’t ever used StumbleUpon before. I know what it does, but I just haven’t had the energy to try it. It’s amazing to…
Toys R Us’ website sucks. I have been trying to buy a Wii controller using some gift cards for weeks from them. Here is the pattern of my unhappiness: Search stinks. If I search for Wii controller, show me a page of Wii controllers. How hard is that?? Makes me…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a plunge this morning. It got me thinking. I wonder what the Dow looks like for the last 16 years. 8 years of Bill Clinton and 8 years (almost) of Bush. I used data/sceenshot from Investor.com Notice how the Bush years aren’t quite as…
I was discussing with Katie about Ethan and how he is so hard on himself. He is nearly a perfectionist and works really hard. I am so proud of him. However, he has incredibly low self-esteem. I wonder where he gets this from? (cough!Katie!cough!) I need to instill in him…
Matthew is going to the potty by himself these days. He still needs help wiping his butt though. The other night, we hear his regular yoddle, “Mooooommmm, I’m Dooooonnnnne!” I went in to help him. The first thing he does is hand me a whisk. He says, “Thank you daddy,…
Hillary Clinton is a genius. I never thought of this, but she just pulled out the unbeatable strategy. Crying. Think about it. When a man cries, he is not strong and usually ridiculed. When a woman cries, men immediately give up and woman bond together. I think it’s from some…
This is an interesting technique for preloading graphics. Resources: One here. This guy originated it, but it’s pulled down now. #preloadedImages { width: 0px; height: 0px; display: inline; background-image: url(path/to/image1.gif); background-image: url(path/to/image2.gif); background-image: url(path/to/image3.gif); background-image: url(path/to/image4.gif); background-image: url(); } This is much easier than using JS to do it. I…
Check out Smashing Magazine. It has an awesome set of future design products. I haven’t really paid too much attention to Smashing Magazine in the past. I don’t know why. They content is really nice. Its very popular and speaks directly to my interests. I just subscribed to it. I…
Ok, so now we have a second data point after Iowa. New Hampshire, which was a dead-even race for Clinton and Obama now has Obama ahead by 13 percentage points. It is riddiculous to say that New Hampshire was taking into account the “retail campaigning” that happens in Iowa because…
Primaries suck. I want to vote for Joe Biden. A bunch of local yokels in Iowa voted for Barack Obama and now he is “unstoppable”. Are you kidding me? Who cares what Iowa thinks? I don’t! I want to vote for Biden and he has no right to withdrawn his…
I have had a few days with the Wii and I have to say, it is one of the most innovative and interesting user experiences I have seen in a while. It certainly deserves to be up there with the iPod/iPhone. The device itself is small, about the size of…