Posted by swedegeek on January 30, 2007
I vaguely remember first hearing the words of the Golden Rule when I was about four years old. For some reason, I recall a book with a bee on it in our church nursery that had a nice little story. It was the first place I heard (probably didn’t learn) one of the most important lessons in life.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
In reality, that’s probably not the easiest concept for a young child to grasp. However, you’d think more people actually capable of understanding the notion would try to follow it… most of the time… even occasionally… at all! Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 24, 2007
It’s official. 2006 was the year of user-generated content. With the likes of YouTube and MySpace in the vanguard, end-users finally became what really mattered on the Internet. With those two sites alone cashing in over #more-17.5 billion on acquisition deals, more than a few took notice of all the content being created by countless, nameless and often unpaid Internet users. Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 22, 2007
Everyone knows politics is a dangerous game to play. However, not many would consider being mayor in a village of 37 residents could be downright deadly. Yet, the mayor of a little town in Spain has found that to be the case. Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 20, 2007
Though it was posted over a year ago, I just read an article by Eric Kidd over at Random Hacks titled Why Ruby is an acceptable LISP. It appears to be one of several “is (not) an acceptable” entires related to Lisp on Reddit. Anyway, Eric gives a good match-up between these two languages. Lisp is the über-cool and Ruby is the über-popular. Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 20, 2007
Well, I certainly won’t be calling my good friends over at Com-crap anytime soon, but I will most assuredly getting HBO sometime in the next few years. A few days ago, Variety broke a story revealing HBO bought rights to the “Song of Fire & Ice” series. The currently 4-book series is definitely my favorite fantasy series immediately after Lord of the Rings. This is very cool news! Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 14, 2007
If you didn’t guess, I’ve been doing some reading on writing lately. Lately, I’ve been trying to post a little more frequently, so I thought I should get better at the whole writing thing. Granted, I’ve come a long way since trying to pen that fantasy novel in seventh grade on a early model IBM PC (don’t ask, I’ve forgotten the entire plot… really!), but composition still doesn’t feel natural to me. There also a few writing projects that are coming my soon, so I figured I could learn a few tricks before I tackled them. Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 8, 2007
On Saturday, we headed to Ann Arbor to see Megan’s long time friend Evan. She was in town from San Diego along with her husband Keith to visit her brother and his family, along with her parents who flew in from Billings. Megan’s dad has even been close friends with Evan’s father since grade school, so the ties go way back. Being only 50 miles away, Megan wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to spend some time with them. Continue reading »
Posted by swedegeek on January 7, 2007
Latter Half of 2006 in Review… with Photos!
Well, here I am again after a rather lengthy hiatus. (I haven’t blogged since last year!) I had a pretty decent streak of postings within about a month this summer, but I apparently fell off the blogging deep end after that. So, to get back on track, here’s a quick rundown of the rest of my 2006 with photos when available. Continue reading »