How to Write for the Web - JBB on FSO
Hey, guess who showed up in another FSO article about blogging? How to Write for the Web by Ashley Belanger for Full Sail Online Learn how your writing benefits from brevity. The phrase “the shorter, the better” can be applied to many things. Generally speaking, action movies, acceptance speeches and grace before a really delicious dinner all benefit from brevity, but one of the absolute crucial applications of this phrase has been toward Web writing. Wordiness on the Web is more than just frowned upon; it’s a cardinal sin. But why? Well, because whatever it is that you’re about to expound upon has already ...
63 Years Ago
A student sent the link to the following cartoon to me. It made me pause. With the world continuing to spin just a little out of control it can prompt one to entertain a gloomy disposition and express no surprise that we can't seem to work out our grievances. Perhaps one of the differences today is that those who would enslave and murder their brothers and sisters can no longer rely on doing things in the dark and away from world's glare. As a technologist I'm encouraged that brave souls with nothing more than cellphone cameras are making sure that ...
After 3 Year They Still Line up for Their iPhones
[caption id="attachment_2642" align="alignnone" width="590" caption="image by Caroline McCarthy/CNET"][/caption] ... But not nearly as crazy as the previous two years. To recap, last year Apple released a faster iPhone to take advantage of AT&T's faster network (3g) and mega-podcaster, Leo Laporte did a 24-hour marathon run-up to the phone's release. Before that, in year one, it seemed like the whole world was lining up three or more days early to get what some were calling the "Jesus phone." And even though I'd sworn myself to wait until version two I couldn't resist the gravitational pull, walked in after the lines died down ...
Launch of LCROSS/LRO
Didn't drive out to the cape for this launch (two prior shuttle launches had been cancelled in the past two weeks). Co-worker quipped, "I'm really glad that you're not into this NASA stuff." Ha! Hello, this launch is one of the first steps to our return to the moon. Been a space-cadet my whole life. Ack My images of the launch:
The Postcard that Started it All
Got this postcard and mostly ignored it until I talked to my account. He said that it was time to buy. That got me started looking. Alas, when I went to the development advertised in the postcard there was the model building and then one small group of homes on the opposite end of the development with a giant section in the middle with paved streets and graded lots but no homes. This appeared to be a clear sign that this development began before the economy stalled and then ran out of money. There was a huge difference between what ...
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How to Write for the Web - JBB on FSO
Hey, guess who showed up in another FSO article about blogging? How to Write for...
After 3 Year They Still Line up for Their iPhones
image by Caroline McCarthy/CNET … But not nearly as crazy as the previous two...
Launch of LCROSS/LRO
Didn’t drive out to the cape for this launch (two prior shuttle launches had...
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63 Years Ago
A student sent the link to the following cartoon to me. It made me pause. With the world continuing to spin just a little out of control it can prompt one to entertain a gloomy disposition and express no surprise that we can’t seem to work out our grievances. Perhaps one of the differences today is that those who would enslave and murder their... [Read more of this review]
One Year to do a 1 1/2 Hour Walk
image by joe bustillosI woke up at 7 and couldn’t get back to sleep. I probably could have if I had worked on it harder, but I decided that it was time to do something about my lack of exercise. So, stretching the calves for over five minutes, I headed out the door and decided, after lapping my complex once to do a walking loop around the major... [Read more of this review]
The Postcard that Started it All
Got this postcard and mostly ignored it until I talked to my account. He said that it was time to buy. That got me started looking. Alas, when I went to the development advertised in the postcard there was the model building and then one small group of homes on the opposite end of the development with a giant section in the middle with paved streets... [Read more of this review]
A Beautiful Message about Growing Old
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Saluting Our Nation's Independence
NASA Dryden's four F/A-18 mission support aircraft flew in formation for a pilot proficiency flight on Nov. 24, 2008, in this image. NASA Dryden photographer...
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