The world sticks to the paved roads. The roads are paths paved by industry. The paths are trails widened by the marketplace. The trails are hacked by the Weird, who leave the paved road for the sake of curiosity and wonderment. Where the Weird go, the world follows.
I once got to meet Don Knotts.
Well, sort of. I was working at a store in the Mall, while in college, and heard on the radio that Don Knotts would be there to sign autographs prior to an appearance he was making in Birmingham that evening.
I’m not a big autograph hound, but […]
My little experiment to see if I could create a fully-functioning website using little more than blogging programs was going along swimmingly. I had a stucture I liked and was working on fleshing it out…then Google came out with this.
No, they weren’t the first. I mean it’s pretty much a rehash of geocities-style web editors. […]
It’s shaping up to be a day for demolishing “because that’s the way it’s always been done.”
How? Well, if you want something done right…you know what comes next, righ?
Read Being There (via Fast Company)
Well, here’s a perfect example, from Seth Godin. Read his post entitled The Reason.
Doing things the way the’ve always been done can be a good thing: we don’t want to be constantly reinventing the wheel. However, times change, circumstances change…possibilities change.
I’ll stand by my call to let your curiosity lead the way. Instead of being […]
Dick Cheney shot a man. I agree that’s serious (especially to the man who got shot).
Dick Cheney didn’t tell the press until the next day. (shock! gasp!)
First off, the administration had been listening to American citizens’ phone calls for more than three years without telling anyone…even the courts! You’re surprised he waited a day […]
Yes, this will be a new feature.
I’m always looking for good writing prompts. After using them for years, I figured it was time to give back. So, I’ll be offering a weekly writing challenge. No, there’s no prize. But I challenge you to do it anyway, for your own good. And if you come […]
(A Pointless Olympic Rant)
Turin is in Italy. Torino is in Italia.
Yes, the logo says Torino, but that’s because it’s written in Italian. Am I the only one that was bugged by the fact that Bob Costas (during his near-constant droning on over the top of speeches by people I actually wanted to hear), kept […]
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