It’s amazing what you can get just for asking. Somehow, some way, I wanted to lower our overall bill for TV/Phone/Internet. Everybody has a deal, and everyone touts their lowest possible price for what you think you want. “Less than $100 for all 3!” or some such thing. Until you tell them you want a • Read More »
Archives: Geek
The Twitchhiker
April 28, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek.Here’s a guy (Paul Smith) who set out to travel as far as he could in 30 days, relying only on the goodwill of Twitterers. (Since Oprah is now on Twitter, I assume everyone already knows what it is, so I’ll dispense with the explanation.) Beginning March 1, 2009 in the UK, his goal was • Read More »
How NOT to use powerpoint
April 27, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek.There are many ways that PowerPoint can bring life to your discussion, engage the participants, and make your presentation the best ever. And then there are ways to make PowerPoint truly painful to watch. A recent discussion on this topic made me think of this video: [youtube cagxPlVqrtM] The quality isn’t the greatest, but it’s • Read More »
MapMyRide
April 16, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Bicycle, Geek, PAS.Why would anyone do this? Given the spectacular weather, I went for another bike ride today. In case you care, here’s the route I went on: North then EastFind more Bike Rides in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Maybe the better question is Why would anyone share this? I can see how it might be helpful • Read More »
What’s the date, again?
April 15, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, PAS.It’s April 15th, you say? Oh, swell. You may have caught a tweet from me sometime in late February, annoyed by the fact that we received an additional 1099 about a week after I e-filed our taxes. “Hey, unnamed entity that was way too late in delivering this…you were supposed to have this in my • Read More »