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Moving: The Aftermath

So, on Monday I moved into a new apartment with my sister. Geographically we didn’t move far, but I’ve learned over the years it isn’t the distance that determines the difficulty of the move, it’s the poundage. I have way too much stuff. My old apartment was huge, in retrospect, especially for just one person. [...]

A great quote from Michael J. Fox

Two plus two equals four every time… so what good is it?

An interesting ad.

Man, I suck at blogging. Anyway, this is, at least, interesting, I think. This is a bus stop ad for the bank Washington Mutual, which, has, of late, been on a marketing blitz to grab consumer-level customers. This ad is very interesting to me for two reasons: 1. Notice the names of the account holders [...]

My Newest Pet Peeve: Focus-Stealing Banner Ads

I’ve seen this guy a few times, and it irks me each and every time, and I’ll tell you why. When the ad loads, it uses Javascript to grab your cursor and put it into the first field in the form. This has two negative effects (one of which I can’t believe the hosting sites [...]

Comment Spam == Managed?

Ok, so I’ve disabled the registration requirement for now — I found Spam Karma 2, a WordPress plugin that sounds great. We’ll see what happens.